The problem?
With Craft’s incredibly flexible custom field options, it can create a problem of overwhelm to people editing through Craft.
This plugin cleans things up a little and makes the control panel more intuitive. As a Craft CMS Agency we have made it completely free too!
Few notes
- Little buggy in my testing with tags
- “Conditional Fields” are planned for Craft 4
- If getting complicated, consider other approaches such as Matrixes or Super Table or Entry Types
- JavaScript Only. Simply hides fields, nothing server side
Tangent... ! JavaScript
Talking of JavaScript... Content heavy sites should very much work without JavaScript. Building upon HTML and CSS and then utilising JavaScript with progressive enhancement is the way to go.
This allows for functional website without all the bells and whistles and then with that base in place, improving the site with JavaScript.
It's interesting to look at what happens to sites without JavaScript. There is a plugin which can quickly turn on and off JavaScript. Firefox Version and Chrome Version.
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Written by John Macpherson