Input value won't save

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The {$value} isn't set to the XThreads input.
If you want to make a custom input and want to put the input manually in your newthread template, you can change the Input Field HTML of the custom thread field setting (set the Use Custom Input HTML setting to Yes first).

For example (based on your code above):

Code:

<input type="text" class="textbox"{NAME_PROP}{MAXLEN_PROP}{WIDTH_PROP_SIZE}{TABINDEX_PROP}{REQUIRED_PROP} value="{VALUE}" placeholder="Tell us a little more about this link..." />

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Then put {$tfinput['xtlddesc']} manually in your newthread template for displaying the textbox.