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Parameters for all fields:

• Type. If you create a field you can choose one of the 16 field types. When you save the field this type is permanent. Learn more.
• Name. The name will be used to identify the field. Leave this blank and Joomla will fill in a default value from the title.
• Label. Use a descriptive text of the field for the label of the field. This text is not translatable. If you do not enter any text for a label the title text will also used as label text.
• Description. The description of the field. A text that will be shown as a tool tip when the user moves the mouse over the text box while he use it in the Backend creating an article or a contact or a third party component that supports fields. This text is not translatable. You do not see this description in the Frontend.
• Required. Is this a mandatory field? In this case the field has to be filled before submitting an article or a contact or a third party component that supports fields.

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• Status. The published status of this field.
  • Published: The field is visible while editing an article or an contact. And it is visible in the Frontend.
  • Unpublished: The field will not be visible to users while editing an article or an contact.
  • Archived: The field will no longer show on edition an article or an contact. You can open it in Fields when you set the filter to archived.
  • Trashed: The field is deleted but still in the database. It can be permanently deleted from the database in Fields with the Empty Trash function. Learn more.
• Field Group. You can assign a field to one or more field groups.
• Category. You can assign a field to one or more categories. Note that the default 'All' does not include 'uncategorised' articles.
• Access. Select the viewing access level for this field. The access levels depend on what has been set up in Users: Access Levels.
• Language. Select the language for this field. If you are not using the multi-language feature of Joomla, keep the default of 'All'.
• Note. An optional field to make your personal notes for the field.