Index: branches/5.3.x/admin_templates/articles/articles_edit.tpl
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diff -u -N -r15901 -r16400
--- branches/5.3.x/admin_templates/articles/articles_edit.tpl	(.../articles_edit.tpl)	(revision 15901)
+++ branches/5.3.x/admin_templates/articles/articles_edit.tpl	(.../articles_edit.tpl)	(revision 16400)
@@ -68,10 +68,16 @@
 			<inp2:m_RenderElement name="inp_edit_codemirror" prefix="n" field="Body" title="la_fld_Body" control_options="{min_height: 100}" allow_html="1" language="text/html" display_original="1"/>
 
 			<!-- excerpt: begin -->
-			<inp2:m_RenderElement design="form_row" prefix="n" field="Excerpt" title="la_fld_Excerpt">
+			<inp2:m_RenderElement design="form_row" prefix="n" field="Excerpt" generate_field="GenerateExcerpt" title="la_fld_Excerpt">
 				<td class="control-cell">
 					<textarea tabindex="<inp2:m_get param='tab_index'/>" id="<inp2:$prefix_InputName field='$field'/>" name="<inp2:$prefix_InputName field='$field'/>" style="width: 100%; height: 45px" cols="70" rows="3"><inp2:$prefix_Field field="$field"/></textarea><br />
-					<input type="checkbox" name="generate_excerpt" id="generate_excerpt" value="1" /><label for="generate_excerpt"><inp2:m_phrase name="la_prompt_AutoGen_Excerpt"/></label>
+
+					<input type="hidden" id="<inp2:{$prefix}_InputName field='$generate_field'/>" name="<inp2:{$prefix}_InputName field='$generate_field'/>" value="<inp2:{$prefix}_Field field='$generate_field' db='db'/>"/>
+
+					<label>
+						<input type="checkbox" id="_cb_<inp2:{$prefix}_InputName field='$generate_field'/>" <inp2:{$prefix}_Field field="$generate_field" checked="checked" db="db"/> onchange="update_checkbox(this, document.getElementById('<inp2:{$prefix}_InputName field='$generate_field'/>'));"/>
+						<inp2:m_phrase name="la_prompt_AutoGen_Excerpt"/>
+					</label>
 				</td>
 			</inp2:m_RenderElement>
 			<!-- excerpt: end -->
@@ -129,4 +135,4 @@
     }
 </script>
 
-<inp2:m_include t="incs/footer"/>
\ No newline at end of file
+<inp2:m_include t="incs/footer"/>