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<p>At the bottom of the <strong>Manage fields</strong> page for a content type,
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you'll find this:</p>
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<img src="&path&add-new-field.png">
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<p>In order to add a new field to a content type, you need to provide the
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following information:</p>
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<dl>
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<dt>Label:</dt>
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<dd>
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A human-readable name for the field. It will be used in input forms and
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on displayed content.<br/>
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All characters are allowed, including spaces, accentuated or non-european
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characters.
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</dd>
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<dt>Field name:</dt>
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<dd>
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A machine-readable name for the field. It is used internally to identify
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the field and handle database storage. When doing custom theming, it is
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this identifier that you'll use to refer to that field.<br/>
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<strong>Important:</strong> The field name cannot be changed once the field has been
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created.<br/>
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Allowed characters: a-z (unaccentuated), 0-9 and the underscore (_).<br/>
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The length of the field name cannot exceed 32 characters (including the
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'field_' prefix that gets added automatically - that is, 26 free characters)<br/>
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</dd>
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<dt>Field type:</dt>
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<dd>
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The type of data to be stored in that field.<br/>
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<strong>Important:</strong> The field type cannot be changed once the field has been
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created.<br/>
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The available field types depend on the modules you have enabled on your site. CCK comes with 6
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basic field types :
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<ul>
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<li>Text</li>
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<li>Integer</li>
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<li>Float</li>
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<li>Decimal</li>
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<li>Node reference</li>
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<li>User reference</li>
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</ul>
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Additional modules can be downloaded to handle other field types such as
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dates, files, images... Look at the
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<a href="http://www.drupal.org/project/cck" target="_blank"> CCK project page</a>
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and the <a href="http://drupal.org/project/Modules/category/88" target="_blank">complete list of CCK-related modules</a>.
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</dd>
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<dt>Widget:</dt>
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<dd>
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The form element that will be used to input data for this field on
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content forms : text input, select list, etc...<br/>
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Each field type has its own list of available widgets. When selecting a
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field type, the list of widgets you can select is automatically updated.
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</dd>
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</dl> |