Enhancing Content Types with Basic Fields in Drupal: A How-To Guide

a) How do I add basic fields to content types in Drupal ?

1. First, navigate to Structure in the Manage administrative menu (Admin/Structure/Types) to access Content Types.

2. Then, click on the Manage field in the Vendor Content Type drop-down button, and the Manage Fields page will appear.

3. After that, click on the “Add” field to access the Add Field page, where you can either create a new field for a specific content type or reuse an existing one.

4. Next, fill in the fields shown below. 

Note: The feature generates machine names automatically based on tag values, and users can override the default name by clicking on Edit.

5. Then, click Save and Continue to display the vendor URL, set the allowed values, and fill in the required fields.

6. After that, click on “Save field settings” to access the Vendor URL settings page, where you can configure this field and fill in the necessary fields.

7. Next, click Save Settings to add the vendor URL to the content type and continue creating the main image field.

8. Then, click on the “Add Field” button to open the Add Fields page and fill in the provided fields.

9. After that, click on “Save and Continue” to view the page’s main image and fill in the provided fields.

Note: This option allows you to set a default image when you don’t provide an image when creating a vendor content item.

10. Next, click on “Save field settings” to access the provider’s main image settings page and fill out the provided fields.

11. After that, click on Save Settings to add the main image to the content type.

12. Use similar steps to add the main image field to the recipe content type. Start by navigating to the Manage Fields page for the Recipe content type in step 1. Then skip to step 7 and follow the remaining steps, but reuse the existing main image field created for the vendor content type instead of creating a new field. In subsequent steps, some configuration screens will be unavailable due to field reuse.

13. Finally, create two vendor content items, “Happy Farm” and “Sweet Honey,” ensuring they include images and URLs.