how to customize article manager in Joomla administrator

Question

i am not that much export in Joomla. and i stuck at one problem.

i want to add some custome fields in article manager page when we add / edit article from admin side. just like wordpress when i add some function in function.php page it reflacts on wp-admin side.

also i want that selection to be effect on front side.

can some one show me is there any way i can add a function in my theme which will show a custome selection fields on admin side and based on that front page changes.

i am using Joomla 3.4

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You need to write a plugin to add this functionality. There is a recipe here . In the example they are using the #__user_profiles - table, which might be okay, but adding your own table might be more flexible.

This here might also be a useful link.