Adding a Reference Field

Goal

Add a reference field so that recipes can be linked to the vendor that has submitted it.

Steps

1. In the Manage administrative menu, navigate to Structure > Content types (admin/structure/types). Then click Manage fields in the dropdown button for the Recipe content type. The Manage fields page appears.

2. Click Create a new field. The Add field page appears. Choose the Reference field type from the Choose a field type options. Click Continue. The Add field page appears with a form to configure the field label.

   

3. Fill in the fields as shown below. Click Save and continue.

   Field name	Explanation	Value
   Label	The title you want to give the field	Submitted by
   Choose an option below:	Type of content to reference	Content

   

4. The page Submitted by appears which lets you set the allowed number of values. Fill in the fields as shown below. Click Save settings.

   Field name	Explanation	Value
   Type of item to reference	Option to select the type of referenced entity	Content
   Allowed number of values	Specify the count of values associated with the field	Limited, 1

   

5. The page Submitted by settings for Recipe appears which allows you to configure the field. Fill in the fields as shown below. Click Save settings.

   Field name	Explanation	Value
   Label	Title shown for this field on the page	Submitted by
   Help text	Brief text aiding the person creating content	Choose the vendor that submitted this recipe
   Required field	Whether a value has to be provided or not	Checked
   Reference type > Reference method	Option to select reference method	Default
   Reference type > Content type	Specify the content type	Vendor
   Reference type > Sort by	Sorting field	Vendor name
   Reference type > Sort direction	Sorting order	Ascending

   

6. The Submitted by field has been added to the content type.

   

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Attributions

Written and edited by Boris Doesborg, and Jojy Alphonso at Red Crackle.