Live Articles is completely template driven. It's easy to create new themes with completely new look and feel. With Custom Fields, you can easily extend the module to meet your own business needs.
For example, in the included Real Estate theme we’ve added several custom fields to gather # of bedrooms, bathrooms, and so on
You can manage custom fields from Manage > Adminstration > Custom Fields
You can define separate custom fields for article and pages within it. Use the “Add Custom Field” button to add new fields. Simply drag and drop the fields to change the order of appearance when creating/editing article.
You can add custom field from Manage > Administration > Custom Fields > Add Custom Field
Simply define the name of the field, its type (it can be either a textbox or dropdown) and its values. You can optionally make the field required and specify whether it’s currently active or not. That’s it!
Your fields will automatically appear when creating/editing articles. In our real estate theme, you can see the following custom fields:
Custom Fields Tokens
It’s easy to use your custom fields in themes by using the following token syntax:
[Article:field_name]
It’s important to use the exact syntax above with the word name replaced by the actual name of the field. The name of the field must be in lowercase and any spaces must be replaced by an underscore. For example, token for a field name “First Name” would be [Article:field_first_name]