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Special categorizations: custom fields

Custom fields are a way to categorize articles in any way besides standard categorizations. They can be quite simple (text, date etc.), or they can be used to create special options related to your journal.

For a specific article, custom fields are available and may be corrected in the metadata module.

Custom fields are configured here:

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Simple custom fields

There are five types of "simple" custom fields:

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For example, let us imagine that for each article, I want to track the number of pages.

I can configure a custom field accepting only numbers, so:

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In the article page, I will retrieve my field and can input the relevant data for this article:

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List custom fields

The custom fields select / checkbox / radio are used to create a flat list of selectable options. When creating such a custom field, you will have to provide the corresponding list of options:

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The configured options will then be selectable in the article page:

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Custom fields and other tools

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