[List Switch](https://octobercms.com/plugin/inetis-listswitch) plugin can and will expose your boolean field types in the list of your items. And not only that, it will make it easy for you to enable or disable that boolean field right from the list, so you don't have to go into the item itself.

In this quick episode we are going to take a look at List Switch plugin for OctoberCMS

List Switch

Since we seeded our website with some fake data in the [last episode](http://watch-learn.com/video-tutorials/making-websites-october-cms-part-27-seeding-faker) it's time to search through that data. 

And we are going to do that using [SiteSearch plugin](https://octobercms.com/plugin/offline-sitesearch). Of course you can create your own custom search plugin if you want but for most needs this great plugin is going to be quite enough.

In this episode I'm going to show you how to search through your CMS pages, and also through your custom plugins, in our case it's going to be movies.

In this episode of Making Websites with October CMS I'm going to show you how to search through your site using SiteSearch plugin.

Search

Now that we know [how to work with user plugin](http://watch-learn.com/video-tutorials/making-websites-with-october-cms-part-21-users) we can extend it to save a bit more information about our users.

We are going to add facebook and biography fields to our users. To do that we are going to have to get at least a little bit familiar with [Laravel migrations](https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/migrations) to add those two fields to our database. Once that is done we will use `extendFormFields` function to add new fields to the form on the backend.

In this episode we are going to extend User plugin for October CMS with two additional fields.

Extending User Plugin

In WordPress you have something called "Custom Post Types" and "Custom Fields". Of course October CMS gives you the ability to create custom content types, just a little bit differently. To create our first custom content type we are going to be using the Builder plugin for October CMS.

This plugin let's you scaffold your own plugins for October. Since everything in October is done via plugins, this is the way you would create your own content type and your own custom fields. Of course, plugins in October are used for more than just creating custom content types. You can create pretty much any kind of functionality with them that you want using powerful Laravel framework.

In this episode we are going to do quick overview of the Builder plugin, and create our first plugin and content type.

In this episode we are going to create our first plugin with Builder for October CMS. This plugin is going to act as a custom content type for our site, with custom fields and everything.

Builder Plugin Overview

In this episode of making websites with October CMS I want you to get familiar with some of the basic concepts of this amazing CMS.

In this episode we are going to go through backend of October, create pages in backend and in our code editor. I'm going to explain how you can use partials, and content.

Then we are going to install a blog plugin and then I'm going to show you the power of October components, and how to create blog post list and a single blog post.

Also you will see how easy it is to install plugins and update October CMS.

Before we start delving into making a new website with October CMS I just want to take a few minutes to talk about some of the basic concepts that you will encounter when using October.

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