Field Definition

Fields are defined like this:

fields: 

  myfield: 
    label: Label Text
    type: textarea 
    …    

  mysecondfield: 
    label: Another Label Text
    type: text
    …

The name will be used as the field name in content files. So if a field has the name myfield the result in the content file will look like this:

myfield: my content for my field
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Global field options

Each field can have the following variables:

label:

Defines the name label, which will be displayed above the field

Example:

fields: 
  myfield:
    label: This is a nice field
    …

If you want to translate labels for your editors, you can add translations like this: 

fields: 
  myfield:
    label: 
      en: This is a nice field
      de: Das ist ein schönes Feld
    …

required:

Use this to mark a field as required. It will no longer be possible to submit the form without adding any data in that field:

Example:

fields: 
  myfield:
    label:    This is a nice field
    required: true
    …

validate:

If you want to make sure that the content of a field is validated before a page can be saved, you can use the validate option for fields.

Example:

fields: 
  email:
    label:    Email Address
    type:     text
    validate: email
    …

You can use the predefined validation methods: email, date, url or you can define your own:

fields:
  somefield: 
    label:  Some Label
    type:   text
    validate: 
      minlength: 10
      maxlength: 30
      match:     /[a-z0-9]+/i

minlength, maxlength and match are all optional, so you can combine them however you want.

help:

Defines a help text, which will be displayed below the field to give some more instructions.

Example:

fields: 
  myfield:
    label: This is a nice field
    help: Fill this out or you will die
    …

If you want to translate help for your editors, you can add translations like this: 

fields: 
  myfield:
    label: 
      en: This is a nice field
      de: Das ist ein schönes Feld
    help: 
      en: Fill this out or you will die
      de: Füllen Sie dieses Feld aus oder Sie werden sterben
    …