Ive been working through tutorial 2 and i can not get author and date fields to work can someone please help.

ArticlePage.php

<?php
/**
*Defines the ArticlePage page type
*/
class ArticlePage extends Page {
static $db = array(
'Date' => 'Date',
'Author' => 'Text'
);
static $has_one = array(
);
static $icon = "themes/tutorial/images/treeicons/news";
static $defaults = array(
'ProvideComments' => true
);
}

function getCMSFields() {
$fields = parent::getCMSFields();

$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.Main', $dateField = new DateField('Date','Article Date (for example: 20/12/2010)'), 'Content');
$datefield->setConfig('showCalendar', true);
$dateField->setConfig('dateformat', 'dd/MM/YYYY');

$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.Main', new TextField('Author','Author Name'), 'Content');

return $feilds;
}

class ArticlePage_Controller extends Page_Controller {

}

?>

ArticlePage.ss

<% include Menu2 %>
<div id="Content" class="typography">
<% include Breadcrumbs %>
<h1>$Title</h1>
$Content
<div class="newsDetails">
Posted on $Date.Nice by $Author
</div>
$PageComments
</div>

ArticleHolder.php

<?php
/**
* Defines the ArticleHolder page type
*/
class ArticleHolder extends Page {
static $db = array(
);
static $has_one = array(
);
static $icon = "themes/tutorial/images/treeicons/news";
static $allowed_children = array('ArticlePage');
}

class ArticleHolder_Controller extends Page_Controller {
function rss() {
$rss = new RSSFeed($this->Children(), $this->Link(), "The coolest news around");
$rss->outputToBrowser();
}
function init() {
RSSFeed::linkToFeed($this->Link() . "rss");
parent::init();
}
}
?>

ArticleHolder.ss

<div id="Content" class="typography">
$Content
<ul id="NewsList">
<% control Children %>
<li class="newsDateTitle"><a href="$Link" title="Read more on &quot;{$Title}&quot;">$Title</a></li>
<li class="newsDateTitle">$Date.Nice</li>
<li class="newsSummary">$Content.FirstParagraph <a href="$Link" title="Read more on &quot;{$Title}&quot;">Read more &gt;&gt;</a></li>
<% end_control %>
</ul>
</div>

Can you describe what exactly isn't working? I.e., expected input, expected outcome.

I did notice this from looking at your ArticlePage.php file. You show:

<?php 
/** 
*Defines the ArticlePage page type 
*/ 
class ArticlePage extends Page { 
   static $db = array( 
      'Date' => 'Date', 
      'Author' => 'Text' 
      ); 
   static $has_one = array( 
      ); 
   static $icon = "themes/tutorial/images/treeicons/news"; 
   static $defaults = array( 
'ProvideComments' => true 
      ); 
}

   function getCMSFields() { 
      $fields = parent::getCMSFields(); 
       
      $fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.Main', $dateField = new DateField('Date','Article Date (for example: 20/12/2010)'), 'Content'); 
      $datefield->setConfig('showCalendar', true); 
      $dateField->setConfig('dateformat', 'dd/MM/YYYY'); 
       
      $fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.Main', new TextField('Author','Author Name'), 'Content'); 
       
      return $feilds; 
   } 
                                             

class ArticlePage_Controller extends Page_Controller { 
    
}

?>

Should be:

<?php 
/** 
 * Defines the ArticlePage page type 
 */

class ArticlePage extends Page { 
	static $db = array( 
		'Date' => 'Date', 
		'Author' => 'Text' 
	); 
	static $has_one = array( 
	); 
	static $icon = "themes/tutorial/images/treeicons/news"; 
	static $defaults = array( 
		'ProvideComments' => true 
	);


	function getCMSFields() { 
		$fields = parent::getCMSFields(); 
		$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.Main', $dateField = new DateField('Date','Article Date (for example: 20/12/2010)'), 'Content'); 
		$datefield->setConfig('showCalendar', true); 
		$dateField->setConfig('dateformat', 'dd/MM/YYYY'); 
		$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.Main', new TextField('Author','Author Name'), 'Content'); 
       
		return $feilds; 
	} 


}

   
                                             

class ArticlePage_Controller extends Page_Controller { 
    
}

Note, your getCMSField() function should be inside the class.