Exploring Content types
In most cases, our first glimpse of content types comes from the two default Content types
that Drupal configures as part of the standard install: Article
and Basic page
.
We can navigate to Content types
by directly entering /admin/structure/types
or by using the Administration
toolbar and clicking on Manage
| Structure
| Content types
:
The Content types
page lists all content types, including their name and description. From this page, we can add, edit, and manage content types along with their respective fields and displays. Currently, our Content types
consist of Article
and Basic page
.
To get a better look at the makeup of a content type, we can view the Basic page content type
by selecting the drop-down button and choosing Edit
:
The Edit
screen defines the configuration of a content type by providing a Name
, a Description
, and four subsections that handle various settings.
Submission form settings
Submission form settings
allow us to define the Title field label
, specify...