Technical Blog

Creating a custom field type in SuiteCRM

By Jim Mackin | May 3, 2018 | development

Like a lot of SuiteCRM the field types are customisable and you can add your own types of fields. This post will explain how to add a colour picker as a custom field type.

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Scheduler Jobs in SuiteCRM in Linux - the Definitive Guide

By pgorod | April 14, 2017 | development

SuiteCRM uses a number of Scheduler jobs that are supposed to run at scheduled times, supporting functionalities like search indexing, workflows, email notifications, database maintenance, etc.

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ListView Conditional Formatting

By Jim Mackin | March 4, 2016 | development

Sometimes you will want to format fields that are shown on the list view depending on the values. For example you may want to colour the direction field on calls differently or to highlight quotes that expire soon.

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Creating an Alert in SuiteCRM

By Jim Mackin | August 25, 2015 | development

Alerts in the menu bar are an excellent way of calling user’s attention. What if you what to create a custom alert through code? It’s easy, here’s how to do it.

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