{"id":142,"date":"2018-01-22T18:44:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T02:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schedulista.com\/blog\/?p=142"},"modified":"2025-01-22T18:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T02:54:47","slug":"custom-fields-to-ask-additional-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schedulista.com\/blog\/custom-fields-to-ask-additional-information\/","title":{"rendered":"New feature: Custom fields to ask clients additional information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You can now ask for additional information when a client schedules their appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve also added custom notices where you can provide additional business policies or information for the service they are scheduling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full documentation here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: Although you can add as many custom fields to your scheduling details form as you\u2019d like, we recommend a small number of vital questions so people aren\u2019t discouraged from scheduling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five Custom Fields Types<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Custom fields can be set to be required or optional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Single-line input field –<\/strong> Asks a question that allows for a single line of text for quick, simple answers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paragraph field –<\/strong> Asks a question that allows for multiple lines of text for detailed responses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Radio buttons –<\/strong> Asks a question with multiple options from which to select a single answer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Single checkbox –<\/strong> Provides a checkbox for clients to acknowledge they have read or agree to something, would like something additional for their appointment, or more<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Multiple checkboxes –<\/strong> Asks a question and provides multiple preset answers. Clients can check multiple options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Custom Notices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Custom notice –<\/strong> Allows you to inform clients about your business, service, details, payment or scheduling policies, appointment instructions, or other useful information. Includes a bold header and text below it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can now ask for additional information when a client schedules their appointment. We\u2019ve also added custom notices where you can provide additional business policies or information for the service they are scheduling. Full documentation here. Note: Although you can add as many custom fields to your scheduling details form as you\u2019d like, we recommend a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,18],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-features","tag-add-custom-fields","tag-add-custom-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schedulista.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schedulista.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schedulista.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schedulista.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schedulista.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.schedulista.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425,"href":"https:\/\/www.schedulista.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions\/425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schedulista.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schedulista.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schedulista.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schedulista.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}