User Guide

Adding New Custom Entry Fields in ExpressionEngine

By default, ExpressionEngine installs three custom entry fields called Summary, Body and Extended Text that eeSiteKit does not use. Depending on your situation, you may want to save, rename or delete these default fields.

Do not delete these default fields in a live website that is using them. If you have existing content that needs to be preserved in EE’s default custom entry fields, then you will need to rename these default fields to match the field titles eeSiteKit is expecting.

eeSiteKit is anticipating three custom entry fields. If you are setting up eeSiteKit in a brand new install of EE without existing content you wish to preserve, then you may delete the default custom entry group as detailed in the following instructions.

  1. Deleting Default Custom Entry Fields (only for new installs with no content to preserve)
    • In EE’s control panel, navigate to the Custom Channel Field area
      Admin > Weblog Administration > Custom Channel Fields
    • Delete the “Default Field Group”
    • Create a New Channel Field Group and name it “main”
    • Add/Edit Custom Fields

Host Language Custom Entry Fields

  1. Create Image Field
    • Create New Custom Field (big green button)
    • Field Name: main_image
    • Field Label: Image Photo
    • Field Type: Textarea (2 textarea rows)
    • Default Text Formatting for This Field: none (Hide Formatting Menu)
    • Text Orientation: Left to Right
    • Is this a required field: No
    • Is field searchable?: No
    • Show this field by default?: No
    • Field display order: 1
    • Submit

  2. Create Main Content Field

    • Create New Custom Field (big green button)
    • Field Name: main_content_english_usa
    • Field Label: Main Content
    • Field Type: Textarea (20 textarea rows)
    • Default Text Formatting for This Field: XHTML (Display Formatting Menu)
    • Text Orientation: Left to Right
    • Is this a required field: No
    • Is field searchable?: Yes
    • Show this field by default?: Yes
    • Field display order: 2
    • Submit

  3. Create Extended Content Field

    • Create New Custom Field (big green button)
    • Field Name: main_extended_english_usa
    • Field Label: Extended Content
    • Field Type: Textarea (20 textarea rows)
    • Default Text Formatting for This Field: XHTML (Display Formatting Menu)
    • Text Orientation: Left to Right
    • Is this a required field: No
    • Is field searchable?: Yes
    • Show this field by default?: No
    • Field display order: 3
    • Submit

If you are creating a multilingual website, you’ll find additional information about creating custom entry fields for each of your alternate-languages in the Multilingual Systems section of the User Guide.