Custom fields
Custom fields are a way to categorize articles in any way besides usual categorizations. They can be quite simple (text, date etc), or they can be used to create special options related to your journal.
Simple custom fields
There are five types of "simple" custom fields:
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:
In the article page, I will retrieve my field and can input the relevant data for this article:
List custom fields
The custom fields select / checkbox / radio are used to create selectable options. When creating such custom field, you will have to provide the options:
The configured options will then be selectable in the article page: