Managing displays
In instances where we want to feature an image or we know the same content may be used in multiple ways, it makes sense to have more structured content. The Post content type we added back in Chapter 4, Content Types, Taxonomy, and Comment Types is a perfect example. Let's perform the following steps to do that:
- Begin by navigating to
/admin/content
or use the Admin toolbar and click onManage - Content
and then select ourPost One
page.
- Currently the default display of our content is presented, exposing all our fields, including their labels. Being able to manage the display on a per content type basis allows us to suppress what fields are shown, re-order how fields appear, and control how labels are displayed. So how do we manage these different displays and their fields within Drupal?
- Open a new tab in the browser and navigate to
/admin/structure/types/manage/post/display
, or use the Admin toolbar, selectManage -
Structure
-
Content types
, and then chooseManage display
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