A text-only site is not going to hold the interest of visitors; a site needs some pizzazz and some spice! One way to add some pizzazz to your site is by adding some multimedia content, such as images, video, audio, and so on. But, we don't just want to add a few images here and there; in fact, we want an immersive and compelling multimedia experience that is easy to manage, configure, and extend. The File entity (https://drupal.org/project/file_entity) module for Drupal 8 will enable us to manage files very easily. In this chapter, we will discover how to integrate the File entity module to add images to our d8dev site, and will explore compelling ways to present images to users. This will include taking a look at the integration of a lightbox-type UI element for displaying the File-entity-module-managed images, and learning how we can create custom image styles through UI and code.
The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
The File entity module...