02 - Create Estate type
In this part we will learn how to create out first Type, the type is an extended article :
- Set all joomla field (to assure com_content compatibility)
- Adding any new custom field
- Adding Filtering
- Assign a content template for perfect rendering
1 go to types view and click on "new"
Now you can can configure it
1 Add name "Estate"
1 Description
Description is only for backend to help user when he choose type
2 Core fields
In this tab you can override all core field (joomla field compatibility) to be more precise, ex change "title" for "Eastate name", hide description if you don't need ext. Take time to read tool tip we work hard to explain all functions
3 Authoring
In authoring you can set initial category and selected tag .. perfact for exemple to prevent user to set wrong category for this type
4 SEO
in seo you can set some option to imporve SEO for this type
here you can set a microdata schema, perfect for seo
5 Item view
Here you can set basic display setting like hide title, hide button etc ...
6 Search view
You can define here all filter allowed for this type
7 Item form
Here you can customize the form submission for this type (front back and commond)
if you need you can add js and css here to acheive a perfect form user
8 Notification
If you allow email notification for review and workflow in global config you set option for this type here
9 Item manager
Here you can custom item list in backend by adding filter an column
10 Layout
In layout tab you set the item template for this type, for this tuto we choose table without any override
11 Permissions
In permission you can set ACL rules for this type (think to works on global config at first)
Now we can save
Resume :
- create a "type"
- set name to "estate"
- after creating category you can set allowed category (after)
- Set Seo schema to product
Think all option are in global congif, set this in global config at first an override in each type if needed, for this tuto we do it in type to be more simple