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The Custom Fields features lets you add non-standard extra fields from these database tables: Articles, Banners, Categories, Products, Promotions and Users. 


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titleWhat is a custom field?

'field' is a database term. All the bits of information that your website uses are contained and managed in a database dedicated to your business. In this database, information is organised in a collection of tables. A table is a container for contains data of an identified function or feature your website needs. Some examples are Users, Products, and Orders. Think of the a table as organised in a spreadsheet, with columns and rows. A column contains a data type relevant to that table. For instance, the 'Users' table will come with many standard columns - Email Address, User Name, Role, etc. Each is a data type. You can also think of a column as a field.

When you read across a row, just like in a spreadsheet, you are looking at information ('a record') for an specific entity, e.g., a particular user.You can also think of a column as a field.  


When you add, edit or view a page in the CMS or on your website, you are accessing database fields and values entered for them.

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Custom fields are fields that are not used or created in a standard version displayed on pages in standard versions of the Customer Self Service eCommerce Platform. 


We recognise that your website may benefit from adding custom fields that are important to your business needsYour business may want to maintain data in non-standard fields either on a website page or in the CMS. You can add custom fields to certain these tables in the CMS:

  • Articles
  • Banners
  • Categories
  • Products
  • Promotions
  • Users


The process for adding custom fields is simple: 

  1. Identify the table you want to create a custom field for. 
  2. Create the new custom field for the table. 
  3. Edit a table's record to include the new data.
  4. (For product or category custom fields only) Display the field on your website. Add the new product field widget to theProduct Detail and/or Product List templates. For a category field, add the category field widget to the Category template.


Step-by-step guide

1. Create a New Custom Field  

  1. In the CMS, navigate to Advanced Content → Custom Fields. 

  2. Select the table you wish to add your custom field to (e.g. Categories, Products, Users).
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  3. The page will load, displaying any existing custom fields for the table you selected.

  4. Click the Add New Custom Field button. 

  5. Populate the In Add Custom Field Details as specified, enter the field requirements (for display and entry of values by administrators): 
    • Field Name  - a code to associate with identify this field in the database. Alphanumeric only, with no spaces or special characters. Underscore ( '_ ') permitted.
    • Prompt  - the field prompt/title which displays to Administrators on the Product Maintenance screenlabel displayed next to the field.
    • Help  - additional information which displays to Administrators on the Product Maintenance screenabout the field displayed.
    • Data Type:
        • Text - alphanumeric characters, including spaces, special characters, and html.
        • Integer - whole numbers
        • Decimal - numeric data including fractional components
        • DateTime - calendar dates and times
        • Boolean  - checkbox for 2 valuesvalue option, e.g. True/False
    • Allow Unlimited Text (for data type 'Text' only) - ticking this box removes the character limit from the field.
    • Length (for data type 'Text' only) - where unlimited data has NOT been allowed, this sets the maximum field length.
    • Display Type - the interface which displays to Administrators on the Product Maintenance screen. Options here will change depending
        • , Yes/No
        • Identity - checkbox will display an ON/OFF toggle
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    • Display Type - the interface displayed to Administrators on the page the field appears in. NOTE - Display Type options depend on the Data Type selected
    2. earlier. Possibilities include TextBox, DropDownList, and DateTimePicker.Mandatory - ticking this box makes
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    • Allow Unlimited Text - (for Text Display Type only) tick to allow unlimited amount of text 
    • Mandatory - tick to make the custom field required on the page it displays in
    3. Product Maintenance
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    • Active
    4.  
    • -
    5. ticked by default. Leave as is. 
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    Click Save to create the custom field
    • leave ticked for the field to be in use. Untick to make inactive.
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  6. To save the custom field, click Save.


2. Edit a

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record to include

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data from a custom field

Where a custom field displays depends on the table it was added to. 

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  • Articles
Article Maintenance → Edit Article 
  • Banners
Banner Maintenance → Edit Banner
  • Categories
Category Maintenance → Maintain Category
  • Products
Product Maintenance → Maintain Product
  • Promotions
Promotion Codes → Edit Promotion Code
  • Users
Website Users - Edit User


To add/edit custom field data, 

  1. Navigate to the page the custom field is on.

  2. Click Edit.

  3. Scroll to the Custom Fields section.
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  4. Edit the data as required.
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  5. Click Save. 


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Enable website users to view the custom field

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on your website. (For Products and Categories only)


  1. Navigate to Content → Standard → Pages & Templates.

  2. Select the page template you'd like to display the custom field on. In this example we'll use the Product Detail template.. 
    1. Custom Product fields are commonly displayed on the Product Detail Template.
    2. Custom Category fields are commonly displayed on the Product List or Category List Template. 

  3. Locate the appropriate zone for you want the custom field widgetto display in. The optimal location will depend on your layout.

  4. Click the Add Widget button.

  5. Search for the required widget (for example 'Product List Field' or 'Category List Field' widget). 

  6. Click the Add button. 
  7. The widget editing popup will appear for you to configure the options:
  8. Description - a descriptive reference for the Administrator on the layout page. This does not display on the front-end website.
  9. Layer - this widget can be rendered conditionally based on role or customer, or displayed under all conditions (All Pages).
  10. Product Field - select the new custom field from the drop-down list. The format will be the Field Name prefaced with 'CUS_'.
  11. Show Heading - tick this box to include a heading for this widget.
  12. Heading Text - the heading text displayed to the end user.
  13. Fallback Information - default text can be entered, to be displayed against products with no data in this field.
  14. Show Toggle - allows the content to be hidden by default, and displayed when the user clicks on the Heading.

    16. Show Inline Heading - allows the heading to be displayed in line with the field content (ignored when toggle is in use).
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  16. Configure options for field display:
  17. Click Save.


The custom field widget will now render on the relevant product relevant  template.



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