After a few weeks of working intensively, today we’re thrilled to announce that MarketEngine plugin and ZeroEngine theme version 1.0.1 have been officially released with Custom Fields feature.
Actually, custom fields are really a perfect solution for any WordPress site that needs more flexible fields. Hence, we decided to conduct this feature in MarketEngine 1.0.1, allowing you to add extra fields that are displayed in the “Post a Listing” form.
With the Custom Fields, you can easily add as many fields as you want, which will be shown on the front-end. As a result, it’s more flexible for you to custom your post listing form according to each category.
How To Create Custom Fields In The MarketEngine?
You will find it so simple to create a new custom field, assigning to any category just a few steps below:
From your back-end, go to MarketEngine → Settings → Marketplace → Custom Fields to add a new custom field.
- Field Name: Enter your field name, please note that you cannot edit this name after submit the custom field. This name will display in the back-end so that you can distinguish a custom field from others.
- Field Title: Enter the field title that will display on the front-end.
- Field Type: Choose the most appropriate type for your field.
- Required: You can select either “Yes” or “No” option. If you choose “Yes” for this option, seller cannot leave empty any fields of this custom field.
- Available In Which Categories: You can select multiple categories you want to assigned to.
- Help text (optional): This field is optional. You should add content into this field to help sellers define this field in the form.
This is how the help text should look like in the “Post a Listing” form:
- Description (optional): this field is optional. You should add the description into this field to help buyers understand what the field is.
This is how the description should look like in front-end:
Don’t forget to click “Save” to complete your settings.
This is how the custom field we’ve created should look like in front-end:
How To Manage The Custom Fields?
You can easily manage and edit all custom fields you’ve created in the Custom Fields tab:
Along with editing a custom field, you can also show/hide a custom field as well as remove it.
Besides, MarketEngine allows you to sort custom fields by its category as the image below:
After sorting custom field by its category, you can easily drag & drop to arrange the custom field order.
***Note***
You should update your site to the latest versions of both MarketEngine plugin & ZeroEngine version 1.0.1 to make sure everything runs well.
Above are all about Custom Fields feature integrated into MarketEngine 1.0.1. For further help, please feel free to contact us via support@enginethemes.com.
Great job!
Do I need to create a table in the database to store the custom filed??
Hi,
All fields that created by Custom Field feature are always stored in the database automatically. You don’t need to create anything.
Regards,
Why can’t an admin edit a listing? That doesn’t make sense.
Another question, will you add attributes and variations to listings?
HOW DO WE CREATE THE HOME PAGE
Hi GINA,
Regarding your question, from your admin dashboard, please go to MarketEngine –> Setup Wizard to be automatically created all necessary pages, including homepage as the image http://i.imgur.com/Xh51781.png.
Hope it helps.
Best wishes,