Custom Objects
To create new or edit existing custom object open the admin menu by click in the cog wheel in the top right hand corner:
This will get you into the list view of all existing custom objects. Click the New button to add a new one.
When you edit or create a new custom item you'll see the edit form where you must fill in the singular name and the plural name. Both are required as in different places in the user interface we need one or the other.
Notice in the custom object edit page there is a second tab called Fields. It contains a drop down field with all available field types. When you want to add a new custom field to the custom object then you have to decide what type the field will be.
- Checkbox group - Can render one or more check boxes
- Country list - Automatically generated list of countries
- Date - Allows user to select date only
- Datetime - Allows user to select date and time
- E-mail - Validates the value in this field to be an email address
- Hidden - Useful for internal values that should not be visible in the user interface
- Number - Only numeric values can be stored in this field
- Phone number - Validates the value to be in a phone format
- Radio group - Renders radio switch field
- Select - Similar to Radio group. Users can select one option from several
- Multiselect - Similar to checkbox group. Users can select multiple options
- Text - Useful for one line text values
- Textarea - Useful for multi line text values
- URL - Validates the value to be a URL