How to get SharePoint List to show "Created By" on new item form

What did you use to "hide" the column in the form view? Did you modify any of the default .aspx pages?

I believe I just switched the setting from optional to hidden, but now when I go back to that screen, I don't get those options.

Hello. Perhaps powershell will be your friend. Please check if this help you. This article shows how to hide SharePoint list field from newform so you need to do something like:  $Field.ShowInNewForm = $true; If this does not solve your problem use sharepoint manager to examamine problematic list. Please do not use sharepoint manager to change settings because this will possibly deny microsoft support.

Also, understand that hidden field attribute completely hides the field from the user interface. You need to use powershell to change the value back to false.

Thanks Tolppa.  I have never used powershell. How do I find/use powershell and that code?  With a little direction, I should be able to get this done, looks simple enough.

I have found the powershell prompt, but now I can't find the GUID of the "Created By" column. I can find the other columns GUID in SharePoint designer, but I don't have it for this column.

I believe you will like this SharePoint: A Complete Guide to Getting and Setting Fields using PowerShell. You will want to know the ID column. Of course Powershell should give you the answer you need: http://get-spscripts.com/2010/08/find-guid-of-site-column-using.html

The created by column is a system column. It is metadata that can not simply be modified. You can add an addition column to your list, using a single line of text (because of your external users) and have users add their information in that column..

Hope that helps

SneekCo - thanks, I find it really odd that I was able to hide "Created By" from my new item form, yet still display it in my all item view (which was my goal) but now I can't get it back to my new item form.   Is this simply a flaw with SharePoint out of the box, or am I missing something?

I'm not sure I have the time to work through what looks like a good option with PowerShell. I will probably rebuild my list from scratch on Monday if I can't find an easy solution.