Fields Manager

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  • Before creating Custom Fields make sure you already created Custom Field Groups.
  • To create a listing custom field select 'Listing' for Location in the top left corner and click on a 'New' button in the top right corner.
  • To create a review custom field select 'Review' for Location and click on the 'New' button.
  • After you click the button, you will get the Add Field screen.

Add New Field

Name

  • Name is used for database reference only.
  • JReviews will append "jr_" as name prefix when the fields is saved.
  • You will use the field's name in the theme files if you'll want to modify the appearance of the field.

Title

  • This is the label that will be displayed in your listing if 'Show Title' is set to yes

Type

Field Group

  • Select one of the field groups you created

Click here for Advanced Options

  • Here you can change field's advanced options like Output Format, Regex format for validation, Click2Seach URL, ...

Show Title

  • Shows the field's label on Listing detail page or Section/Category list page

Show in listing detail view

  • Shows the field value in Listing detail page.
  • If you want to place the field manually in the theme instead of using the default output, set this to No

Show in list view

  • Shows the field value on Section/Category list page

Sort by this field in list view

  • Shows the field in the dropdown list on Section/Category list pages.

Click to Search

  • Makes field text clickable to find other items with the same value, except website field.

Click to Add

  • For select lists only. Allows adding more options on the fly while adding/editing a new item.

Description

  • Tooltip to remind users of what they are expected to fill in.

Required

  • If set to yes, it will not be possible to submit the form when the field value is empty

Published

  • The field needs to be published in order for it to show up in the form to submit a new item and for its value to be available in the templates if you decide to place them there manually.

Field Access

  • Submit/Edit Access - Only selected users will see the field when submitting a new entry.
  • View/Search Access - Only selected users will see or search this field



Custom Field Types

Changing field's Output Format

Displaying image instead of field text