How to Create a New Note Type for Ankihub Deck that works with Anking Note Types add on

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Deck Maintainer here. Love that we can now upload new note types and edit existing one. That being said, I need some help with creating/updating a note type that is compatible with Anking Note type addon. I can quickly wrap up what I need in the following:

  1. Change the titles of existing fields. Example: Pictomonic field is now the Citations field
  2. Have Hint reflect said changes: the field Pictomonic field on back side now says Citations
  3. Everything is still compatible with the Anking Note types add on to change the styling, colors, hints etc.
    Is this even possible? Would appreciate any help or guidance on this.
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I’ll help you with creating a note type for AnkiHub that works with the AnKing Note Types add-on. Let me search for some relevant information first.

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Based on my research, I can help you with creating a note type for AnkiHub that works with the AnKing Note Types add-on. Here’s how to accomplish what you need:

Renaming Fields in an AnkiHub Deck

As a deck maintainer, you can modify field names in your AnkiHub deck by:

  1. First, make the changes locally in your Anki collection:

    • Go to Tools → Manage Note Types
    • Select your note type and click “Fields…”
    • Rename “Picmonic” field to “Citations”
    • Click “OK” to save changes

  2. Update your AnkiHub deck with these changes:

    • Open the AnkiHub add-on
    • Click on “Deck Management”
    • Select your deck
    • Go to the “Note Types” section
    • Click “Publish Field”
    • Confirm by clicking “Yes” when prompted

Updating Hints to Match Field Name Changes

To ensure your hints reflect the renamed fields (Picmonic → Citations):

  1. Update the card templates:

    • Go to Tools → Manage Note Types
    • Select your note type and click “Cards…”
    • Edit the template to update any references from “Picmonic” to “Citations”
    • In the front/back template, update any hint buttons or references

  2. Publish these template changes:

    • Go back to AnkiHub add-on → Deck Management
    • Select your deck
    • Click “Update Note Type Styling”
    • Confirm to publish the changes

Ensuring Compatibility with AnKing Note Types Add-on

The AnKing Note Types add-on (https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/952691989) should still work with your customized note type as long as:

  1. You maintain the basic structure of the note type
  2. You don’t change functionality critical to the add-on’s operation
  3. You publish all changes through the AnkiHub interface

The add-on primarily works with the styling of cards rather than specific field names, so renaming a field from “Picmonic” to “Citations” shouldn’t affect functionality.

For more details, I recommend checking out this video about AnKing Note Types customization which explains how the add-on works with AnkiHub.

Would you like me to clarify any specific part of this process?

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This is not a documented nor supported use case, but you can add support for new note types by adding them to the note_types subfolder. They have to be in a specific structure though: anking_notes_addon/src/anking_notetypes/note_types at master · AnKing-VIP/anking_notes_addon · GitHub

You might need some dev experience.

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Hi! I had a slightly different doubt: I am not trying to create a new notetype, I am just trying to rename the fields of an existing notetype that is currently managed by the add-on.
I don’t use AnkiHub but use AnKing NoteTypes and manage them via the addon. I was wondering if it is okay to rename a field via the native Manage NoteTypes menu without adding or deleting any fields? Will the NoteType still be manageable via the addon? Theoretically, at least.

Edit: Also what would happen if I added an extra field? or removed one? will the addon still recogninze it?

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Adding extra fields is supported and should work without issues. Removing fields should also work, but the add-on will re-add any missing fields on updates.

Renaming fields might not work in all cases. There are options that depend on the hardcoded field name. You can try renaming fields and see test what options work.

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Yeah I tried some. Adding a field doesn’t break the link but it doesn’t show the new field in the addon’s fields section. Renaming a pre-existing field also removes the option to disable that field (ig this happens because the hard-coded name does not match). Thanks!