Drupal Training Series
Foundations for OSU Drupal 6
Generating Custom Content Types
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What We’ll Be Covering…
Anatomy of a Content Type
• Data Input Form and Database
Change Existing Content Type Settings
• Workflow Settings
– Ex. 01 Change Content Type Settings
What CCK Is
• How CCK Benefits Users
Import a Custom Content Type
• Form Re-Use
– Ex. 02 Import Equipment Content Type
– Ex. 03 Add Equipment Node
– Lab Add Additional Equipment Nodes
Create Custom Content
• Deciding What You Need
• Create an Employee Content Type
– Ex. 04 Create Employee Content Type
– Ex. 05 Add Employee Node
– Lab Add Additional Employee Nodes
• Create a Recipes Content Type
– Ex. 06 Create Recipes Content Type
– Ex. 07 Add Recipe Node
– Lab Add Additional Recipe Nodes
Summary
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Getting Started
As a reminder, to get to your personal development site go to:
http://drupaldev.cws.oregonstate.edu/training/<yourONIDname>/login
From there, log in with your ONID information.
After logging in, please open a second tab in your browser and go
to CWS Training at
http://oregonstate.edu/cws/training
Locate the name of this workshop in the list and click it. This will
take you to a page describing the course with download links at
the bottom of the page.
Download the lab materials to your desktop and unzip them.
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Assignment
The pre-class assignment required the
development of a set of Taxonomy
Vocabularies.
These vocabularies will be attached to the
custom content types that we’ll develop
through the course of this workshop.
These vocabularies will be a necessary part
of both this workshop and future workshops
related to Views.
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Anatomy of a Content Type
By this point in your Drupal endeavors, you should be fairly
knowledgeable about content types from the user interface (the
UI or “front-end”).
Now though, since we’ll actually be building some custom content
types, it’s time to start understanding a little bit about what goes
on in the background.
Database Server
Web Server
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Anatomy of a Content Type: Database Records
Employees
ID
Last Name
First Name
Department
965894
Doe
Jane
HR
965895
Blow
Joe
Production
Bank Account 85-265
Date
Time
Type
Amount
08/23/2009
10:23 am
Deposit
+ $400.00
08/23/2009
12:30 pm
Debit
- $15.72
Electric Bill Account 923-12-01
Due Date
Name
Address
Amount
09/15/2009
John Smith
47 Main St.
$125.64
A Drupal website is actually the front end of
a very powerful, industrial-sized MySQL
database.
It’s this database, combined with a dynamic
programming language known as PHP, that
allows your site to respond and display realtime changes according to various events.
Most of us have, at some point, seen some
type of database record. Let’s take a look at
some that you’re probably familiar with.
Note that all of these items are organized inside of a table. Each
row of the table is a unique record and is identified by some form
of a unique id number or code.
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Anatomy of a Content Type: Node Type Data
Every time you create or edit a node within
Drupal, you’re actually entering or updating
data in the database.
Most of the content types we work with –
such as Announcement, Book, or Poll - have
their own tables inside of this big database.
Each time you create a new node – you’re
actually creating a new record in the
respective table.
All of these tables are then related together
into the overall system and given a Node ID.
This Node ID is the unique identifier of a
particular page of content.
This is what a MySQL database for a Drupal site looks like when
using phpMyAdmin – a database management tool.
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Anatomy of a Content Type: Why Is This Important?
Database
Knowing a little bit about the supporting
database behind your system is important –
because through the course of this
workshop, we’ll be doing things that will,
ultimately, affect its structure.
We’ll also be doing things that will
automatically affect the directory structure
of your site.
File System
This is where the need for a system mindset
really begins to manifest.
It’s now getting to the point where random
changes can drastically affect the display,
and possibly even the integrity, of your site.
User Interface
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Anatomy of a Content Type: Content Type Settings
Up to this point, we’ve all encountered some small annoyances
with some of the existing content types:
For example:
• Content revision tracking must be manually toggled for all
content types
• Some content types have the Promoted to Front Page settings
enabled by default
• Some content types are set to either Publish automatically
when saving, while others are set to or Save as Draft when
saving
Just like with most other Drupal features, content types can be
configured as well, if desired. By default, in the OSU Drupal 6
installation, the Administrator and Advanced Author are the only
roles who can do this.
We’ll start by changing the Create new revision default option on
the Book page content type.
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Ex. 01 Change Content Type Settings
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You may not see a need to keep revisions of
some content types, such as
Announcements or Polls. Other types,
though, such as Book pages may involve
deeper and more complex levels of
development – so automatic revisions may
be desired. To change the Create New
Revision option, do the following:
1. Go to Administer > Content
management > Content types
2. Locate the Book page row and click on
its edit link
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Change Content Type Settings: Edit Workflow Settings
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Once within the Book page content type
settings, do the following:
1. Scroll down the page and click on the
Workflow settings field set to expand it.
2. Check the Create new revision
checkbox.
3. Click on the Save content type button at
the bottom of the page
You’ll receive a confirmation message that
the change has been made, but it won’t be
evident until you open up the Book page
content type.
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Change Content Type Settings: View Revision Setting Change
Let’s see how this settings change translates
into our Book page content type:
1. Go to your Cooking Companion >
Methods > Cooking > BBQ&A page and
click on its Edit tab.
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2. From your lab materials, copy the
contents of ex-01.doc and paste it over
the original content on your BBQ&A
page. Insert your choice of images, if
desired.
3. Scroll down the page to the Revision
information fieldset, open it, and note
how it’s checked.
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4. Click the Save button.
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Change Content Type Settings: Revision Tab Visible
After saving, you’ll see that a Revisions tab
appears at the top of your page.
From this point on, any Book page that you
create will automatically save all revisions.
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Change Revision Settings: Now You Do It
Go to Administer > Content management >
Content types and change the Create New
Revision option for the following content
types:
• Page
• Story
For both content types:
Workflow Settings = check the Create new
revision checkbox
Click the Save content type button
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Revisiting the Site Map
Remember our site map from
back during the Developing Site
Structures workshop?
Cooking
Methods
Equipment
Book
Now it’s finally time to finish it up.
CCK
Handling
Methods
Methods
Conversions
Book
Book
Book
Cooking
Companion
We’ll be adding three brand new
content types to our site:
Book
• Equipment
• Employee
Food for
Thought
• Recipe
Home
Page
To do this, we’ll need to use a
module called CCK.
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Employee
Recipe
CCK
CCK
Content Construction Kit (CCK) Module
The Content Construction Kit, or CCK, module is one of the most
well-developed and extended modules available for Drupal. In
fact, this contributed module is so popular and useful that it’s
slowly being integrated into Drupal as a core feature.
CCK allows a permitted user the ability to add custom fields to
any content type, or to create completely custom content types
altogether.
In the OSU Drupal 6 world, CCK is commonly used to create
custom content types for various things such as employees,
courses, and publication information.
Another nice feature is the ability to actually import existing CCK
types into your Drupal site as well.
We’ll start with this, as a little bit of a warm up.
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Form Re-Use
Code re-use is a common occurrence in programming. If
something has been proven to work well, is stable, and efficient
there’s typically little desire to reinvent the wheel.
The same can hold true for objects as well, such as forms.
OSU Drupal 6 has the capability of both importing and exporting
CCK types.
When available, form re-use can save a great deal of time and
effort.
Let’s take a look at how to
import a CCK type.
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Ex. 02 Import Equipment Content Type
To import the Equipment custom content
type, do the following:
1. Click on Administer > Content
management > Content types > Import
tab
2. In the Content type field, leave the
default set at <Create>
3. In the Import data field, paste in the
code found in the equipment.txt file,
within your lab materials.
4. Click the Import button at the bottom
of the page.
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Import Equipment Content Type: Set Permissions
Before you can fully use your Equipment
content type, Permissions must be set for it.
To set permissions, do the following:
1. Go to Administer > User management
> Permissions.
2. Scroll down the page until you find the
node module group. Within this
group, set the following permissions:
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2
node module
adv. author
author
create equipment content
x
x
x
delete any equipment content
x
x
x
delete own equipment content
x
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x
edit any equipment content
x
x
x
edit own equipment content
x
x
x
3. Click the Save permissions button at
the bottom of the screen.
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Import Equipment Content Type: Add Equipment Tag List
Remember the extra Tag Lists we created
way back in the Developing Site Structures
workshop? Now it’s time to put one of
them to use:
1. Go to Administer > Content
management > Taxonomy, locate the
Equipment vocabulary in the list, and
click on its edit vocabulary link.
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2. In the Content types fieldset, check the
Equipment content type.
3. Click on the Save button.
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Ex. 03 Create an Equipment Node
So now it’s time to explore the newly
imported Equipment content type:
1. Click on the Create content >
Equipment link. You’ll discover that this
form looks a bit different than ones
that you are currently accustomed to.
In addition to the standard fields and
tag list, there exist the following
custom fields:
a
b
a. Image Upload field
b. Description Field
c. Maintenance Field
c
Since we have some new and different
features here, let’s take this one a bit slow
and examine what’s going on.
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Create an Equipment Node: Enter Text Information
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In the Equipment content type form, enter
the standard information first:
1. Name field = Casserole Dish
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2. Equipment tag list = Bakeware
3. Description field = paste lab materials
– ex-03.doc corresponding Description
Note: This field is actually the Body field, just with
a different label. It works the same way as you’re
accustomed to. Remember to change the Input
format to Full HTML.
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4. Maintenance field = paste lab materials
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– ex-03.doc corresponding Maintenance
Note: This field is a custom text field that has been
added, but it works the same way as you’re
accustomed to. Remember to change the Input
format to Full HTML.
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Create an Equipment Node: Exploring the Imagefield Widget
Now let’s check out the Image field, which
uses a custom field type generated by the
Imagefield widget.
1. Click on the Browse button.
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2. In your File Uploader, navigate to: ..lab
> ex-03 > images > dish-casserole.png
file and then click on the Open button.
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3. Click the Upload button.
Note: This will immediately open up an area
with a thumbnail of your image and metadata
fields to describe your image
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4. Description = Casserole Dish
5. Alternate Text = casserole-dish
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6. Title = Casserole Dish
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Create an Equipment Node: Completed Equipment Node
Preview and Save your new content.
You may have noticed a few things...
• The image label isn’t really necessary
• A menu link was not created
• The text does not flow around the
image
For the label issue, we’ll address that right
now. We’ll address the other concerns (and
a lot more) when we get to the upcoming
Views workshop.
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Create an Equipment Node: Edit Equipment Node Display
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To edit the labels on your node display, do
the following:
1. Go to Administer > Content
management > Content types and click
on the Equipment manage fields link.
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2. Once inside the Equipment
configuration panel, click the Display
fields tab.
3. On the Display fields screen, in the Label
column, select <Hidden> for the Image
row.
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4. Click the Save button.
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Create an Equipment Node: View Edited Equipment Node
Now, take a look at your new Equipment
node by going to Administer > Content
management > Content and clicking on the
Casserole Dish title.
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Create an Equipment Node: Now You Do It
Over the next 10 minutes, go to Create
content > Equipment and create a few
more Equipment nodes using the following
information:
Lab Materials:
• Text = ..lab > ex-03 > ex-03.doc
• Photos = ..lab > ex-03 > ex-03-images folder
Note: You may not be able to create all 10 items
in the given time limit – this is expected. Extra
content has been provided for you to practice
with on your own at a later time.
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Create an Equipment Node: Equipment Image Uploads
You might be wondering where your equipment image was
uploaded to. To find out, click on the My account > File browser
tab.
You’ll note that a new
equipment-images subdirectory exists in
sites/default/files and it
contains the image we
just uploaded. You can
manage these files just
like any others in your
file browser.
We’ll learn how to set
this up ourselves in just
a few minutes.
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Planning Custom Content Types
Before rushing headlong into creating a custom content type, it’s a good idea to have a
general idea of what you want to use the form for.
CCK isn’t really intended for items of a singular nature. It’s meant for content that has a
format to it – items that possess similar types of information and need to look consistent
in a group of similar content.
We’ll use an Employee information form as an example.
On an employee data entry form, there will
exist some general form data that always
applies to each employee. What are some
examples of this type of data?
• ?
• ?
• ?
• ?
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Other, information may also be included
that may or may not apply to each
employee. What are some examples of
this type of data?
•
•
•
•
•
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?
?
?
?
?
Planning Custom Content Types: Required vs. Optional Information
Data that is consistent for all employees should be considered Required. For example:
• All employees will possess a First Name and a Last Name
• All employees have some sort of Position at their place of employment
Data that is not consistent for all employees should be considered Optional. For example:
• Not every employee may have their own office phone
• Not every employee may want their photo published
•
•
•
•
Required Information
First Name
Last Name
Department
Position
Optional Information
•
•
•
•
•
Biography
Experience
Photo
E-mail
Phone Number
Note: As a general rule of thumb, it’s a good idea to avoid publishing personal information, such as
your home address, personal phone number, etc on a web site.
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Planning the Employee Content Type: Understanding Data Types
Now that we know what fields we want on our Content Type form, we should consider
what data types these fields will hold.
A data type is a set of data values that possess predefined characteristics. Following are
some common data types that you may be familiar with:
• Text
• Number
• Image
So, now we should refine our data field lists a bit more by including the type of data that
will be involved with each field.
•
•
•
•
Optional Information
Required Information
First Name – Text field
Last Name – Text field
Department – Selection box
Position – we’ll use Taxonomy for this
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Biography – Text area
Experience – Text area
Photo – Image field
E-mail – Text field
Phone Number – Text field
Planning the Employee Content Type: Putting It All Together
It’s usually easiest to put these items in a table:
Field
Required?
Data Type
First Name
X
Text field
Last Name
X
Text field
Department
X
Selection box
Position
X
Taxonomy
Biography
Text area
Experience
Text area
Photo
Image field
E-mail
Text field
Phone
Text field
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Ex. 04 Create Employee Content Type
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Now that we’re prepared, it’s time to create
the Employee custom content type:
1. Go to Administer > Content management
> Content types.
2. Take a good look at the table as it
currently exists, as this table will change
once your new content type is created.
Note the cells named Name, Type, and
Description.
3. Click on the Add content type tab.
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Create Employee Content Type: Configure Identification Settings
The Identification fieldset is where you set
all name and description information for this
particular content type:
1. Name field = Employee
This information should be human-readable (may
contain mixed case and spaces). It will be
displayed on the main content type list.
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2. Type field = employee
2
This information must be machine-readable (all
lowercase letters and/or numbers, and
underscores only). It is used to create a data
table in the database.
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3. Description = Employee information
This information will appear on the main Create
content page
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Create Employee Content Type: Configure Submission Form Settings
The Submission form settings fieldset is
where you set custom information for
default fields used:
1. Title field label field = Employee
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This is the label you want to use for the Employee
field.
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2. Body field label field = Biography
3
This is the label you want to use for the
Biography field.
3. Minimum number of words field = 0
4
Leave this at the default setting, for now.
4. Explanation/Guidelines field = This
content type is intended for work
purposes only. Please avoid entering
personal contact information.
This is a place where you can add any special
instructions to your contributors regarding use of
this content type.
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Create Employee Content Type: Configure Workflow Settings
The Workflow settings fieldset is where you
determine the processing of your content
type as well as the use of add-on features:
1. Default options group = uncheck
Promoted to Front Page option
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2. Multilingual support group = Disabled
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3. Attachments group = Disabled field
4. Click the Save content type button
Once saved, you’ll be redirected back to the
main Content types screen and your new
content type will be added to the list.
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Create Employee Content Type: Create First Name Text Field
To edit your new Employee content type,
click on the manage fields link in its row. We
have seven more fields to add, so we’re
going to do this one by one, as we’ll be
dealing with some different data types.
We’ll start with the First name field.
1. Label field = First name
2. Field name field = first_name
3. Data type field = Text
4. Form element field = Textfield
5. Click the Save button
You will be redirected to the First name field
configuration screen.
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Create Employee Content Type: Configure First Name Text Field
To configure the First name field, do the
following:
1. Size of textfield field = 20
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2. Help text field = Enter employee’s first
name
3. Required check box = checked
4. Maximum length field = 25
5. Click the Save field settings button
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After saving, you’ll be redirected back to
the Manage fields panel to add the next
field.
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Using the same method as used for the First
name field, now create the Last name field.
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Create Employee Content Type: Create Department Selection Box
There are a couple of different departments
included in our Food For Thought company.
One way to provide options for your
contributors to select from is to create a
selection box. To create a Department
selection box, do the following:
1. Label field = Department
2. Field name field = department
3. Data type field = Text
4. Form element field = Select list
5. Click the Save button
After saving you’ll be redirected to the
Department field configuration screen.
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Create Employee Content Type: Configure Department Selection Box
Now configure the Department field:
1. Help text field = Select the department
associated with this employee.
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2. Required checkbox = checked
3. Maximum length field = 30
4. Allowed values list field = enter the
following, one per line:
2
3
Communications
Research & Development
5. Click the Save button
After saving you’ll be redirected to the
Manage fields main screen.
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Create Employee Content Type: Create Experience Text Area
A text area differs from a text box in that a
text area has multiple lines – it’s a larger
space. To create the Experience text area,
do the following:
1. Label field = Experience
2. Field name field = experience
3. Data type field = Text
4. Form element field = Text area
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5. Click the Save button
You will be redirected to the Experience field
configuration screen.
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Create Employee Content Type: Configure Experience Text Area
To configure the Experience text area, do the
following:
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2
3
1. Rows field = 10
2. Help text field = Type or paste
information regarding the employee’s
work/professional achievements and
experience. Please use bulleted text.
3. Text processing option group = Filtered
text
4. Click the Save button
After saving you’ll be redirected to the
Manage fields main screen.
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Create Employee Content Type: Create Photo Field
Creating an image field is a little elusive as
it’s not listed as you would expect it to be.
To create the Photo field, do the following:
1. Label field = Photo
2. Field name field = employee_photo
3. Data type field = File
4. Form element field = Image
5. Click the Save button
After saving you’ll be redirected to the
Photo field configuration screen.
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Create Employee Content Type: Config Photo Field – Employee Settings
Images require quite a bit of configuration, so
we’ll take this part section-by-section,
starting with the Employee settings fieldset:
1. Help text field = Upload employee photo.
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2. Permitted upload field = default
3. Maximum resolution field = 250x250
Note: all images used in the lab materials have
been resized to fit a 250 x 250 field at 72 dpi.
Remember, the larger an image is, the longer it
takes for it to load on the page.
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4. Minimum resolution field = default
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Create Employee Content Type: Config Photo Field – Path Settings
The Path settings fieldset is where you can
name a particular directory into which your
content type’s images will be automatically
uploaded. To set the File path, do the
following:
1. File path field = employee-images
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Type the path in exactly as shown with no
preceding or trailing slashes. This will create an
employee-images directory in your
sites/default/files path into which your employee
images will be uploaded.
The large token list underneath the File path
field doesn’t quite apply at this stage yet so
don’t be concerned with it.
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Create Employee Content Type: Config Photo Field – File Size Restrictions
Images can be memory intensive. Most
contemporary digital cameras are set at a
very high resolution, by default – much
higher than is needed (or desired) for a web
page. Use the File size restrictions fieldset to
help manage the size of uploaded image
files:
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1. Max upload size per file field = 150KB
2
This limits the size of a file when it’s uploaded.
2. Max upload size per node field = 1MB
This limits the total size of all combined images
on a particular node.
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Create Employee Content Type: Config Photo Field – ALT Text Settings
ALT text (Alternative Text) serves two
purposes. If a link to an image is broken, the
ALT text will provide a text description for
the viewer. Additionally ALT text is also read
by screen readers, which are utilized by
those with vision impairment. To configure
the ALT text settings, do the following:
1. Enable custom ALT text box = check
1
2
This allows a contributor to provide custom ALT
text, if desired.
2. Default ALT text field = food-forthought-image
This will put a default ALT text entry in if a custom
one is missed.
The large token list underneath the Default
ALT text field doesn’t quite apply at this
stage yet so don’t be concerned with it.
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Create Employee Content Type: Config Photo Field – Title Text Settings
1
2
3
Title text serves as a tool-tip when a user
hovers a mouse over an image. This
information can be handy in many cases: as
directions to a user, as captions, or as credits
for the image creator. To configure the Title
text settings, do the following:
1. Enable custom Title text box = check
This allows a contributor to provide custom Title
text, if desired.
2. Input type = textfield
3. Default Title text field = leave blank
The large token list underneath the Default
Title text field doesn’t quite apply at this
stage yet so don’t be concerned with it.
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Create Employee Content Type: Config Photo Field – Global Settings
The Photo field Global settings are as
follows:
1. Required check box = default
1
2. Number of values field = default
3. List field option group = default
4. Description field = check Enabled
5. Click the Save field settings button
That’s it for the image configuration. There
are still a couple more fields to add, though.
2
3
4
5
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Create Employee Content Type: Now You Do It
Two final text fields need to be created to complete our Employee content type, an Email field and a Phone field. Using the specifications provided below, create and
configure the final two fields for your content type.
Remember, to get to the Employee content type to edit it, go to Administer > Content >
Content types > Employee manage fields link.
E-mail field
Phone field
Label field = E-mail
Label field = Phone
Field name field = employee_email
Field name field = employee_phone
Type of data field = Text
Type of data field = Text
Form element field = Text field
Form element field = Text field
Configuration
Configuration
Size of textfield field = 60
Size of textfield field = 14
Maximum length field = 60
Maximum length field = 14
Click Save field settings button
Click Save field settings button
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Create Employee Content Type: Field Ordering
All necessary fields have been created. Now
click on the Manage fields tab and lets apply
some order to the fields.
Ordering your fields works in the exact same
way that ordering menu items does – just
grab on the little cross handle and move the
item to where you want it to go. When
finished, click the Save button.
That’s it for the configuration, but
remember, we still have to add our tag list
and set the permissions for this content
type.
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Create Employee Content Type: Add Tag List
To add the Position tag list to the Employee
content type, do the following:
1
1. Go to Administer > Content
management > Taxonomy, locate the
Position row and click on its edit
vocabulary link.
2. Scroll down the page to the Content
types fieldset and check the Employee
check box.
3. Click the Save button.
2
3
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Create Employee Content Type: Set Permissions
To set the permissions for the Employee content
type, do the following:
1
1. Click on the Administer > User management >
Permissions link.
2. Scroll down the page until you find the node
module group. Within this group, set the
following permissions:
Adv. Author
Admin
Create employee content
x
x
x
Delete any employee content
x
x
x
Delete own employee content
x
x
x
Edit any employee content
x
x
x
Edit own employee content
x
x
x
3. Click the Save permissions button at the
bottom of the screen.
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Create Employee Content Type: View New Employee Content Type
Let’s take a minute to examine what’s been
built to date as quite a bit of work has been
put into this form so far.
Click on Create content > Employee to open
the content form.
Note the new features and different order of
the fields present on the custom content
type.
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Ex. 05 Create Employee Node
It’s now time to create the first Employee
node. You will need to use the following
lab materials:
• Text = ..lab > ex-05 > ex-05.doc
• Photos = ..lab > ex-05 > ex-05-images folder
1. On your Employee content type, enter
the following information:
Employee field = Rasheed Abdul
Photo field = abdul-rasheed.png
First name field = Rasheed
Last name field = Abdul
Position field = Chef - Executive
Department field = Research & Development
E-mail field = rasheed.abdul@fft.com
Phone field = 541-555-1000
Biography field = paste in materials, Full HTML
Experience field = paste in materials, Full HTML
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Create Employee Node: View Completed Employee Node
You may notice that the layout on this node
isn’t exactly as you may wish.
It’s okay – we’re not quite ready to deal with
the display side of things. In fact, we’re not
even creating menu links for these nodes –
these subjects will be covered quite
extensively in the future Views workshop.
Right now, our concern is getting the
content in the site and ensuring that it’s
entry is consistent in form.
If you would like to edit the label display,
though, feel free to do so. Do you
remember how?
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Create Employee Node: Now You Do It
Over the next 10 minutes, go to Create
content > Employee and create a few more
Employee nodes using the following:
Lab Materials:
• Text = ..lab > ex-05 > ex-05.doc
– Use Full HTML for the Biography and Experience text
areas
• Photos = ..lab > ex-05 > ex-05-images folder
Note: You may not be able to create all 10 items
in the given time limit – this is expected. Extra
content has been provided for you to practice
with on your own at a later time.
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Planning the Recipe Content Type: Taking Stock
We’re now at the major point of our website – the recipes.
We’ve already laid some groundwork for this particular content
type in previous workshops and assignments.
The Recipes content type will require the following four, fully built
vocabularies:
• Ethnicity
• Food Groups
• Meal
• Meal Course
We’ll be attaching these vocabularies to our new Recipe content
type after it’s created.
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Planning the Recipe Content Type: Determining Fields
What particular fields should exist on our Recipe content type?
Can you think of any that should be required?
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Required?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
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Planning the Recipe Content Type: Determining Data Types
What about data types? What kind of data do you think each of
the fields will hold?
Field
Required?
Data Type
Title
X
?
Photo
?
Ingredients
X
?
Directions
X
?
Prep Time
X
?
Cook Time
X
?
Servings
X
?
Calories
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Planning the Recipe Content Type: Completed Form Fields
Below is all we need to start building the Recipe content type.
We’ll work together on a few items because they’re difficult or
new: Photo, Ingredients, and Calories. You’ll build the rest in lab.
Field
Required?
Data Type
Title
X
Text field
Photo
Image field
Ingredients
X
Text – multiple field
Directions (Body)
X
Text area
Prep Time
X
Text field
Cook Time
X
Text field
Servings
X
Integer (Number)
Calories
Group
Total Calories
Integer (Number)
Fat Calories
Integer (Number)
Carb Calories
Integer (Number)
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Ex. 06 Create Recipe Content Type
To create the Recipe content type, first we
a
have to add the content type:
1. Go to Administer > Content
management > Content types and click
b
on the Add content type tab.
2. Enter the following information:
c
a. Name field = Recipe
b. Type field = recipe
c. Body field label field = Directions
d. Explanation field = Enter all recipe
information here.
e. Promoted to Front Page option =
Uncheck
f. Multilinqual support option = Disabled
g. Attachment option = Disabled
h. Click the Save content type button
d
e
f
g
h
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Create Recipe Content Type: Create Photo Field
1
2
3
4
You will be redirected back to the main
content types screen. Click on the manage
fields link in the Recipe row to add some
more fields. We’ll start with the Photo field.
To create the Photo field, do the following:
1. Label field = Photo
2. Field name field = recipe_photo
3. Data type field = File
4. Form element field = Image
5. Click the Save button
After saving you’ll be redirected to the
Photo field configuration screen.
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Create Recipe Content Type: Configure Photo Field – Recipe Settings
We’ve done this once, but there’s quite a bit
to configuring images, so we’ll walk through
it again, section-by-section, starting with the
Recipe settings fieldset:
1
1. Help text field = Upload recipe photo.
2. Permitted upload field = default
3. Maximum resolution field = 300x200
2
Note: all images used in the lab materials have
been resized to fit a 300 x 200 field at 72 dpi.
Remember, the larger an image is, the longer it
takes for it to load on the page.
3
4
4. Minimum resolution field = default
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Create Recipe Content Type: Configure Photo Field – Path Settings
1
To set the File path, do the following:
1. File path field = recipe-images
Type the path in exactly as shown with no
preceding or trailing slashes. This will create a
recipe-images directory in your sites/default/files
path into which your employee images will be
uploaded.
The large token list underneath the File path
field doesn’t apply at this stage so don’t be
concerned with it.
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Create Recipe Content Type: Configure Photo Field – File Size Restrictions
To set the File size restrictions enter the
following:
1. Max upload size per file field = 150KB
1
This limits the size of a file when it’s uploaded.
2. Max upload size per node field = 1MB
2
This limits the total size of all combined images
on a particular node.
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Create Recipe Content Type: Configure Photo Field – ALT Text Settings
To configure the ALT text settings, do the
following:
1. Enable custom ALT text box = check
1
2
This allows a contributor to provide custom ALT
text, if desired.
2. Default ALT text field = recipe-image
This will put a default ALT text entry in if a custom
one is missed.
The large token list underneath the Default
ALT text field doesn’t apply at this stage so
don’t be concerned with it.
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Create Recipe Content Type: Configure Photo Field – Title Text Settings
To configure the Title text settings, do the
following:
1
2
1. Enable custom Title text box = check
This allows a contributor to provide custom Title
text, if desired.
2. Default Title text field = leave blank
The large token list underneath the Default
Title text field doesn’t apply at this stage so
don’t be concerned with it.
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Create Recipe Content Type: Configure Photo Field – Global Settings
The Photo field Global settings are as
follows:
1. Required check box = default
1
2
2. Number of values field = default
3. List field option group = default
3
4. Description field = check Enabled
5. Click the Save field settings button
4
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Create Recipe Content Type: Create Ingredients Multiple Text Field
1
2
3
4
Sometimes, you may encounter a need to
enter multiple text items, one each to a
field. To create a multi-text field for the
Ingredients item, do the following:
1. Label field = Ingredients
2. Field name field = ingredients
3. Data type field = Text
4. Form element field = Text field
5. Click the Save button
After saving you’ll be redirected to the
Ingredients field configuration screen.
5
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Create Recipe Content Type: Configure Ingredients Multiple Text Fields
To configure the Ingredients field, do the
following:
1. Size of textfield field = 80
1
2. Help text field = Enter ingredients. To
add additional lines, click the Add More
button.
2
3. Required check box = checked
4. Number of values field = Unlimited
3
5. Click the Save field settings button
4
After saving, you’ll be redirected back to
the Manage fields panel to add the next
field.
5
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Create Recipe Content Type: Create Calorie Group
CCK will allow you to create Groups
(sometimes also known as fieldsets) into
which you can place several related fields
and/or option buttons. These Groups can
be set to expand and collapse. To create the
Calorie group, do the following:
1. New group field = Calories
1
2
2. Field name field = calories
3. Click the Save button
After saving the Calories group will go to the
field list at the top of the screen.
3
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Create Recipe Content Type: Configure Calorie Group
To configure the Calorie group, click on its
corresponding Configure link and do the
following:
1. Style option = collapsed
2. Description field = This recipe contains
the following caloric breakdown.
1
3. Click the Save button
After saving, you’ll be redirected back to
the Manage fields panel to add the next
field. We’ll create a field to go inside of this
group.
2
3
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Create Recipe Content Type: Create Total Calorie Field
1
2
3
4
Sometimes, you may encounter a need to
enter multiple text items, one each to a
field. To create a multi-text field for the
Ingredients item, do the following:
1. Label field = Total Calories
2. Field name field = total_calories
3. Data type field = Integer
4. Form element field = Text field
5. Click the Save button
After saving you’ll be redirected to the Total
Calories field configuration screen.
5
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Create Recipe Content Type: Configure Total Calories Fields
To configure the Total Calories field, do the
following:
1
1. Help text field = Enter the total number
of calories this recipe contains.
2. Minimum field = 0
3. Suffix field = calorie| calories
Note: enter a space before the word ‘calorie’ and
a space between the vertical pipe and the word
‘calories’ for proper display.
4. Click the Save field settings button
2
After saving, you’ll be redirected back to
the Manage fields panel to add the next
field. You will need to assign this particular
field to the Calories group.
3
4
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Create Recipe Content Type: Assign Total Calories Fields to Calories Group
Once you’ve returned to the Manage fields
screen, to assign the Total Calories field to
the Calories group, just grab the move icon
and drag it under and to the right of the
Calories row and then click the Save button.
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Create Recipe Content Type: Now You Do It – Add Calorie Group Fields
Two final fields need to be created, configured, and added to the Calories group a Fat
Calories field and a Carb Calories field. Using the specifications provided below, create
and configure the final two fields for this group.
Fat Calories field
Carb Calories field
Label field = Fat Calories
Field name field = fat_calories
Type of data field = Integer
Form element field = Text field
Configuration
Label field = Carb Calories
Field name field = carb_calories
Type of data field = Integer
Form element field = Text field
Configuration
Help text field = Enter the number of fat calories this
recipe contains.
Minimum field = 0
Suffix field = calorie| calories
Help text field = Enter the number of carbohydrate
calories this recipe contains.
Minimum field = 0
Suffix field = calorie| calories
Note: enter a space before the word ‘calorie’ and a space between the vertical
pipe and the word ‘calories’ for proper display
Note: enter a space before the word ‘calorie’ and a space between the vertical
pipe and the word ‘calories’ for proper display.
Click Save field settings button
Drag field under Total Calories row
Click Save button
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Drag field under Carb Calories row
Click Save button
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Planning the Recipe Content Type: Taking Stock
Let’s take stock of where we’re at right now regarding the creation
of all of the fields on our form.
Field
Required?
Data Type
Title
X
Text field
Photo
Image field
Ingredients
X
Text – multiple field
Directions (Body)
X
Text area
Prep Time
X
Integer (Number)
Cook Time
X
Integer (Number)
Servings
X
Integer (Number)
Calories
Group
Total Calories
Integer (Number)
Fat Calories
Integer (Number)
Carb Calories
Integer (Number)
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Create Recipe Content Type: Now You Do It – Add Final Integer Fields
Three Integer fields need to be created and configured to complete the Recipes content
type. Using the specifications provided below, create and configure the final fields.
Prep Time field
Cook Time field
Servings field
Label field = Prep Time
Label field = Cook Time
Label field = Servings
Field name field = prep_time
Field name field = cook_time
Field name field = servings
Type of data field = Integer
Type of data field = Integer
Type of data field = Integer
Form element field = Text field
Form element field = Text field
Form element field = Text field
Configuration
Configuration
Configuration
Help text field = Enter the
approximate time, in minutes,
to prepare this recipe.
Help text field = Enter the
approximate time, in minutes,
to cook this recipe.
Help text field = Enter the number
of servings this recipe provides.
Required checkbox = checked
Required checkbox = checked
Minimum field = 1
Minimum field = 0
Minimum field = 0
Suffix field = serving| servings
Suffix field = minute| minutes
Suffix field = minute| minutes
Note: enter a space before the word ‘minute’
and a space between the vertical pipe and the
word ‘minutes’ for proper display
Click Save field settings button
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and a space between the vertical pipe and the
word ‘minutes’ for proper display
Click Save field settings button
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Required checkbox = checked
Note: enter a space before the word ‘serving’
and a space between the vertical pipe and the
word ‘servings’ for proper display
Click Save field settings button
Create Recipe Content Type: Order Items On Manage Fields List
Field
We’re almost there.
Now order the fields on the Manage
fields list, according to the order
established on our table.
When you’re done dragging items to
their proper location, click the Save
button.
All that remains is adding the
vocabulary tag lists and setting
permissions. Let’s see if you
remember how to do this…
Title
Taxonomy Module Form
Photo
Ingredients
Directions (Body)
Prep Time
Cook Time
Servings
Calories
Total Calories
Fat Calories
Carb Calories
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Create Recipe Content Type: Add Tag Lists and Set Permissions
Do you remember how to add tag lists and set permissions? Use this cheat sheet to walk
through it.
To add the tag lists:
To set permissions:
Go to Administer > Content management > Taxonomy
Go to Administer > User management > Permissions
Click the edit vocabulary link for the Ethnicity vocab.
Edit the following permissions in the node module
group.
In the Content types fieldset, check the Recipe box
Click the Save button
Now repeat this exact same process for the remaining
vocabularies:
– Food Groups
admin
adv. author
author
Create recipe content
x
x
x
Delete any recipe content
x
x
x
Delete own recipe content
x
x
x
Edit any recipe content
x
x
x
Edit own recipe content
x
x
x
– Meal
– Meal Course
Click the Save permissions button
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Create Recipe Content Type: View New Recipe Content Type
Multiple Tag Lists
Click on Create content > Recipe to open the
content form and take a look.
It’s a large content type form.
Image Field
Note the new features and different order of
the fields present on this particular custom
content type.
Multiple Item Field
Field Group
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Ex. 07 Create Recipe Node
Finally! It’s now time to create the first Recipe
node. You’ll need to use the following lab
materials:
•Text = ..lab > ex-07 > ex-07.doc
•Photos = ..lab > ex-07 > ex-07-images folder
On your Recipe content form, enter the following
information:
Title field = Quick Lasagna
Meal Course tag = Entree
Meal tag = Dinner
Food Groups tag = Cheese, Pasta, Beef, Pork, Tomato
Photo field = casserole-lasagna-quick.png
Directions field = paste in materials, Full HTML
Prep Time field = 20
Cook Time field = 40
Servings field = 8
Total Calories field = 320
Fat Calories field = 108
Carb Calories field = 128
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Create Recipe Node: View Completed Employee Node
Click the Save button when you’re done and
take a look at the finished node.
Again, the layout on this node isn’t perfect.
We’ll tackle node display in the following
Views workshop.
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Create Recipe Node: Now You Do It
For the remainder of this workshop, go to
Create content > Recipe and create a few
more Recipe nodes using the following:
Lab Materials:
• Text = ..lab > ex-07 > ex-07.doc
– Use Full HTML for the Biography and Experience text
areas
• Photos = ..lab > ex-07 > ex-07-images folder
Note: You may not be able to create all 10 items
in the given time limit – this is expected. Extra
content has been provided for you to practice
with on your own at a later time.
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Summary
You’ve made it through your first advanced OSU Drupal 6
workshop! In this workshop you learned:
• The different components that are used to create a node,
including some very basic database structure concepts
• How to change the settings on existing content types
• How to import an existing CCK type
• How to create a CCK type
• How to add and configure several different widgets used
in CCK
This is quite a bit for one day. You’re strongly encouraged to
continue regularly visiting and working within your training site.
At this point, the more time you spend practicing, the more you’ll
understand and also discover on your own.
Stay tuned for our next training installment, where we take what
we built in CCK and further refine it using the Views module.
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Conclusion
This completes the OSU Drupal 6 Generating Custom Content
Types tutorial. For additional tutorials, please visit CWS Training
at:
http://oregonstate.edu/cws/training
To view and register for all OSU Drupal 6 Workshops, visit the
Professional Development Central Registration site at:
http://oregonstate.edu/cws/register
To submit a Help Ticket or make a Site Request on-line, go to:
http://oregonstate.edu/cws/contact
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