Fields

With fields, we can customize our content types to our pleasing, by adding select box dropdowns, file attachments, images, radio buttons, and more. Every content type may have different fields, and once a field has been created it can be used for other content types which greatly ease management of fields, for both the user as well as Drupal's inner working.

Note

We can attach fields to any entity, whether it's a node content type like an Article, or the user entity. As we mentioned before, the grouping of an entity type and its fields create a bundle.

Community powered module, CCK, has really helped revolutionize content types by providing flexible field types, field widgets, validation, and more, in the hands of site builders. This great ...

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