Custom Detail Fields Config

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Instruction

You can create detail information of your items as you wish by using Custom Fields.

You can also use the fields to be added by you in item details section, listing pages, search criteria, item upload sections and filtering processes.

PointFinder Custom Fields consist of two sections. The first section is the section where we define these fields. And the second section is the section where we edit the content of each field. After adding the fields that you want, you can edit the content of each field and make them ready to use.

Please review the help topics below to add a new field and to edit it.
After completing the editing process, we recommend you to take a backup by Exporting the settings using Import/Export section.

How to create Fields

After selecting System Setup > Custom Fields by opening Options Panel from WordPress Admin Panel > PF Settings section, you can edit an existing field, delete any existing fields or add a new field by clicking on Add New Field button in the new page. You should only click on Delete Field button on the detail window of the previously added fields to delete them.

After completing field adding or deleting process by clicking on Save Changes button, you can change the order or create an order for the fields that you wish.

While adding new fields, you will be required to fill in various sections which are Field Title, Slug and Type. Please fill in these sections in accordance with the information below.

  • Field Title : The title of this field. You can use “space and A-Z a-z 0-9”
  • Slug : The “Slug” is the URL-friendly version of the name. It is usually all lowercase and contains only letters, numbers, and hyphens. (No Spaces) This key is unique. If you change the key name, data which is related to the key will be lost.
    Do not use space,dot,comma and other chars. only numbers and words acceptable.
  • Type : Type of this field.
Warning!

  • Please configure this sections before you use theme. If you change configuration after using theme, data which is related to this sections will be lost.
  • You can define custom fields as much as you wish.
  • If you change sort of fields, sort of that field will be affected in whole system.
After completing field adding process, please finalize the configuration by performing the settings of the field added by you in accordance with the explanation below.

How to manage Field Options?

To access panel, please open Custom Fields Config from WordPress Admin Panel > PF Settings. If you click on Custom Fields link in the next page, you will be able to display editing sections of the fields added by you in the menu on the left. By clicking on the section of the field that you would like to edit, perform editing process in line with the information below.

Editing Field details varies from one field to another. You can find the meaning of configuration criteria for each field in the sections below.

Text, URL, Email and Number fields have exactly the same configurations. Only the Number field has two additional different configurations. You can display them by clicking on Number section.
Textarea field is almost same as Text field. There are only a few configurations which are not included in textarea field. All other functions are present in the descriptions below.
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  1. Listing Type Relation: This section establish a link between this field and Listing Type. If a category selected in this section, this field displays only the items which belong to this category on the front end website. Moreover, it will be displayed when this category is selected on the search window. For example; you are developing a real estate website and you would like this field to be displayed when the price info for rental real-states and only the rental category are selected. Or the other way around, you should use this section while you are determining a price for on sale real estates.
  2. Default Value: This is the default value for the field. It will be used for item entrances to be made from the background and front end website and it will be automatically entered into this field.
  3. Description: Description for the entrances to be made from back panel. It will pop-up below the Field and make explanations to the user.
  4. Item Details Page: Do you want to display this field on item detail page?
    Note: The Link Option under this tab will ensure the value which will be taken as printout from this field to be shown as link on the item detail page.
  5. Field Title: Should it be added in front of title field which was assigned by you for this field in PF Options Panel > Custom Fields section? Ex: Bedroom(Title): 2
  6. Info Window: Would you like to display this field on the info window which pops up when you click on the points on the map?
  7. Grid List Items: Would you like to display this field as item info in Grid List which you have added from Visual Composer Page Builder and is displayed in the search results performed on the map?
  8. Field Title Shor Name: It is the abbreviation of item title info to be displayed on Grid List and Info Window.
  9. Sort by (Select Box): Would you like it to be displayed in the sort by options on the top of Grid List.
  10. Sort by Title (Select Box): It is the abbreviation of the title to be displayed on sort by option.
  11. Submit New Item:Option: Would you like it to be displayed within upload info during the new uploads from front end website?
  12. Submit New Item: Name: The field title to be displayed during the front end website uploads.
  13. Submit New Item: Tooltip: It is the tooltip text to be displayed when you click on the content of this field on front end website upload form. (Optional)
  14. Submit New Item: Validation: Should the validation be made?
  15. Validation Error Message: It is the error message if any error occurs during validation.
  16. Field Half Colum: You can display this field as 50% column on front end website upload form. IF you activate this section, you should also activate this option for the next field for the remaining 50% section next to this field.
  17. Question Marks: These question marks contain hints for you. You can display the info by moving the cursor on them.

All its features are the same as Text Field. Its different additional features are as described below.
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  1. Currency Options: Is this field a currency? If your answer is yes, you can apply various filters such as prefix, suffix and separator to this field. These filters will be displayed on you front end.
  2. Prefix: Prefix for currency. Ex: $
  3. Suffix: Suffix for currency. Ex: month
  4. Decimals: “0” digit which follows currency.
  5. Decimal Point: Decimal point to be used before “0”.
  6. Thousands Separator: Thousands separator.
  7. Size (Area) Options: Is this field a unit of measure? This feature is generally used in real-estate websites and different units may be entered.
  8. Prefix: Prefix.
  9. Suffix: Suffix.
  10. Decimal Point: Decimal point.

All its features are the same as Text Field. Its different additional features are as described below.
  1. Value of field option: The values to be entered into this section should in accordance with this format; value=visible textVALUE just like slug, does not allow any spaces or additional characters to be used. You must create a contiguous value using the letters and numbers only.
    VISIBLE TEXT section is section which will be displayed to the user and you can fill it as you wish.
  2. Add More: By clicking on this section, you can create as much as sections as you want.
  3. Remove: By clicking on this section, you can delete the section on that line.