How to Use the Custom Fields Extension

If you are using the Custom Fields extension for the first time, make sure you have downloaded and installed the extension. These articles will help you get started:

• What is an UpStream extension?
• How to install an UpStream extension

The Custom Fields extension allow you to create all sorts of extra information for your projects, milestones, tasks, bugs, and files. For example, in a web design project, the bugs could have fields for the browser type, PHP version, and screen size.

What Custom Fields are available?

Custom Fields currently supports 9 field types:

1. Text
2. Dropdown
3. File
4. Radio buttons
5. Checkboxes
6. Color Picker
7. Category
8. Tag
9. Autoincrement

How Custom Fields Works

• When Custom Fields is installed, you’ll see a new menu link:

• Click “Add New Custom Field” and you’ll see the choice of field type. Once you choose a field type, you can then choose the specific options for that type.

• Each Custom Field can be assigned to Projects, Milestones, Tasks, Bugs and/or Files:

• Custom Fields can be used via the admin area of your site:

• They can also be used via the frontend of your site, if you have the Frontend Edit extension installed.