Last updated November 30, 2011. Created by LeeHunter on April 18, 2010.
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These steps outline how to alter the way Drupal 7 renders fields to HTML. Changing the order can satisfy requirements you have for how your content is displayed. It can also make styling the content with CSS much simpler and more direct.
Default display
- Navigate to the Content types page (Administer > Structure > Content types).
- In the table, locate the row that contains your content type and click the manage display link.
- Specify the default label position and format.
- Click Save.
Custom display settings
- Navigate to the Content types page (Administer > Structure > Content types).
- In the table, locate the row that contains your content type and click the manage display link.
- In the Custom display settings section on the Default display settings, add custom display settings for Full content, Teaser, RSS, Search index and Search result.
- Click Save.
- The selected view modes (Teaser, RSS etc.) will show up as links.
- Click on one of the view modes, e.g. Teaser, to specify the label position and format for that view mode.
- Click Save.
Comments
Drupal 7 teaser length
How exactly do I set the teaser length to 'unlimited' in Drupal 7? In Drupal 6 I use the module 'Teaser by content type'. I understand this feature is now in Drupal core but I cannot find the setting in Drupal 7 beta. Is it there?
Drupal 7 teaser length
In Drupal 7 just change the length limit from 600 to unlimited ( write the word unlimited). It will take effect in future posts. Any prior post would have to be edited and re saved in order for the new length to take effect.
"never quit - seek love, new artistic forms, new possibilities" - Camões
doesn't work
I entered 'unlimited' into the field and saved the settings but that didn't work. I tried 99999 and that didn't work either. What did work was changing the limit to 9999.
change format to "default"
change format to "default" and it wont try to trim at all
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David Needham,
Church and ministry sites in Drupal by Enjoy Creativity.
Add additional display settings
Is it possible to create additional display settings (view modes) - e.g. "teaser2"?
Any luck??
I also want the same functionality.
Did you get through this?
Use hook_entity_info_alter
You can add extra display modes using hook_entity_info_alter.
Say you have a custom module 'myModule' and want to add a custom view to the node entity:
<?phpfunction myModule_entity_info_alter(&$entity_info) {
$entity_info['node']['view modes']['mymode'] = array('label' => 'My Custom Mode', 'custom settings' => 'TRUE');
}
?>
Flush caches and this should show up as a customisable view mode on the 'manage display' page of any node content type.
See also the entity view mode
See also the entity view mode module.
Display Suite
Display Suite
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David Needham,
Church and ministry sites in Drupal by Enjoy Creativity.
Any way to change the last character on a teaser?
Is there any way to replace, change or edit the "." that a teaser places in the end?
I've been searching anywhere, but I'm just not good with php code...
Bruno Mateus
Changing the last character on a teaser
My answer applies to Drupal 7: As far as a "." being the last character, it depends on how many characters you allow for an automatic Teaser. From the experiments I did, sometimes it ended on a "." and other times it didn't.
To change the number of characters allowed on an automatic teaser for an "article" go to Structure - Content types - Edit - Manage Display - Teaser - edit Trim Length to a different size other than the default 600.
If you are more specific perhaps someone can answer your specific question because I'm afraid my answer is not what you were looking for.
"never quit - seek love, new artistic forms, new possibilities" - Camões
To remove Teaser Drupal 7
Structure->Content types->(Basic Page) Manage Display->CUSTOM DISPLAY SETTINGS uncheck "Teaser"
Removing Teaser
Thanks for this.
I have just discovered that I need to have the module 'Field UI' enabled in order to see the 'Manage Display' options.
Now I would like to know how, with Teasers removed, I can stop both the 'trimmed' and 'full' versions being shown in Preview when editing. Any suggestions?
thanks for this comment.. I knew it was something..
permissions.. some view.. or other..
enabled 'field ui' and I can see the tabs to manage the fields.. simple. but frustrating..
thanks for this post
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Removing the teaser on Drupal 7
This works fine, thanks!
I should note that unless you are customizing a site for someone else that wants to remove the Teaser, I would not remove it because it allows for greater flexibility.
Usually and since I rarely use the Teaser on my own personal sites, I post a copy of the whole article in the teaser window so it displays everything.
The reason why I don't remove the Teaser option is because sometimes I want to customize my writing on the front page and write it differently on the "read more" page. I can also place a different photo on the front page and when the reader click on the text link, it shows a more detailed article or a more appropriate photo for the space the full article facilitates. The teaser allows for two different ways of writing the same article -- one for the front page and one for the 'Read more' page.
In other words, if I can keep the Teaser as an option, I always keep it.
( You can also replace the original length of 600 characters to unlimited (just write unlimited)and it will will always post the totality of your article unless you override it. It only takes effect on future posts, so you may have to edit past posts if you want to change their teaser length to the new unlimited limit.)
"never quit - seek love, new artistic forms, new possibilities" - Camões
D7 custom fields appear in content block even when 'hidden'
I've noticed an odd behaviour with Drupal 7 custom fields that I'd appreciate some help with.
I created a new content type, and added two custom fields, let's call them: field_logo (img type) and field_homepage (link type using the link module)
I have installed the CCK Blocks module, so these fields are available as blocks, as I'd like them to appear at the side of the main content. I set these fields to hidden for Default, Full Content and Teaser views, but when I use the blocks admin to create these fields as blocks, they also appear in the Full Content Field area, which means each one appears twice on the page,
Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this, and how I can get around it?
Thanks for any help.
Did you ever find out what
Did you ever find out what was causing this? I'm having exactly the same problem.
CCK Blocks
In case anybody else happens upon this, it is actually an issue with CCK Blocks. See http://drupal.org/node/833730 for details.
Fields appearing twice on the page when using CCK Blocks
Don't know if this is a solution for you but take a quick look at step 6 on the cck block instruction page. It might be related to your problem.
http://drupal.org/project/cck_blocks
Tony
"never quit - seek love, new artistic forms, new possibilities" - Camões
Search index - Search Result
When Search index and search result displays settings are used ???
It looks like the Search
It looks like the Search Results settings are to flag whether a field is visible in the search results. For now, the only field I can get to actually show in the results is the Body. None of my added fields will show in the results.
I'm not sure what the Search Index settings are for. My thought is that the fields would show on the Advanced Search page, but this isn't happening for me.
Aye, same issue here - search
Aye, same issue here - search results cant be themed with the available display field types in D7. Same issue is reported here, but not solved atm:
http://drupal.org/node/1166114
Same Issue - No Custom Display for Search
I am looking at two different D7 sites with diverse settings, one simple and one more complex. Both fail to display any custom settings for Search Results. Both successfully display custom settings for Teaser.
It seems there's a basic switch not turned on somewhere here.
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Tom/* Ogden
Search Index and Search result
Select Search index. Save. Whatever field you drag then into the visible part will be indexed. This is useful since you sometimes have fields that should not be searchable, and sometimes fields are hidden in Full content although they still generate some content that should be included in searches.
Remember indexing is done by cron. If you want instant indexing, there's a module that I forgot the name of. Search for it and hope for it having been indexed on this site.
Search result is the view mode for displaying your chosen fields in the search results.
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Rearrange display order of title
How would you rearrange the node title such that it is displayed below a body or an image?
Rearrange display order of title?
Could you be more specific? Thanks!
"never quit - seek love, new artistic forms, new possibilities" - Camões
I miss this option too. He
I miss this option too. He meant rearrange to something like:
1 - image
2 - title
3 - body
Instead of have title always on top. Cant find it also.
Image attached to term not showing up
I've got a taxonomy term and added a custom field to it. The custom field is an image and called "field_insignia". What do I need to put in my theme template for it to show up?
I've tried:
<?php print render($user_profile['field_insignia']; ?>But no luck...
D7 and custom display view modes
A great tip here is to use Display Suite for D7. Makes using the new UI for displaying fields even better.
http://drupal.org/project/ds
Custom Display Settings
The Custom Display Settings option for the Body field is Not Selectable in my Drupal 7 installation. Does anyone know how I can make it be selectable? Is there a way to Reset?
Custom Display Settings Disabled
I'm unable to select the Custom Display Settings on any of my content types. I see the option under Manage Display, but the option isn't clickable, like the function has been disabled. Has anyone else had this issue? Is there a setting somewhere that I'm missing?
Did you ever resolve this
Did you ever resolve this issue - I have the same problem.
I think jQuery update is the
I think jQuery update is the problem I reverted to using 1.3 instead of 1.7 and everything started working again.
It seems that there is no
It seems that there is no theme specific display options? Just when you need 'em
Using separator for multiple value text field
I added a couple of fields to my content types that allow for multiple values. When I display the content using a view, I see the option for using a comma separator, but not when managing the display for the content page.
How do I do that?
I can add a field to a
I can add a field to a product, I can see and use that field when editing a product page, I can see the field while in the edit page and hitting "preview" - yet the new field never shows when I just view the page normally. What am I doing wrong?