Drupal 8 Site Building

Entities, Content types and Fields
3 Topics
  An Introduction to Entities and Fields  (05:39)
  How to Create an Article  (03:46)
  Summary (Entities, Content types and Fields)  (00:54)
How to Create a Custom Content Type
5 Topics
  Introduction to Content Types and Fields  (09:17)
  Create a Blog Content Type  (02:43)
  Add Fields to Content Type  (06:49)
  Create Category Vocabulary  (06:44)
  Managing View Modes  (05:46)
Using Views
4 Topics
  Introduction to Views  (01:09)
  How to Create a Page using Views  (08:25)
  How to Create a Block using Views  (05:09)
  Summary (Using Views)  (01:01)
Adding Blocks to regions
4 Topics
  An Introduction to Blocks  (01:13)
  Adding Blocks to Regions  (01:53)
  Control Block Visibility  (03:45)
  Summary (Adding Blocks to Regions)  (00:42)
Creating Block Content
5 Topics
  An Introduction to Block Content  (03:53)
  Create Call-to-action Block Type  (03:42)
  Assign Blocks Directly from Article Form  (09:56)
  How to Display a Field as a Block  (03:18)
  Create Blocks Directly from Article Form  (06:09)
Build a Blog
7 Topics
  Content types and Fields  (08:02)
  Adding Comments  (05:58)
  Using Views  (13:12)
  Managing Blocks  (09:20)
  Custom Block Types  (06:59)
  Create and Manage Menus  (06:40)
  Custom Contact Forms  (07:47)
Display Suite
3 Topics
  How to Customize Content Pages  (09:36)
  How to Use Display Suite Fields  (09:50)
  How to Use Switch View Mode Sub-module  (04:55)
Paragraphs
3 Topics
  Introduction to Paragraphs  (10:12)
  How to Create Container Paragraph Types  (06:22)
  Display Paragraphs Edge-to-edge using Bootstrap  (06:24)
Search
1 Topic
  How to Create a Search Page  (08:48)
Page Manager and Panels
5 Topics
  Introduction to Page Manager and Panels  (02:48)
  How to Create a Custom Page  (05:50)
  How to Display Different Variants  (05:28)
  Using Panels IPE  (03:54)
  Override Layout Template  (02:42)
Media Management
8 Topics
  Introduction to Media Management  (03:32)
  Store Assets using Media Entity  (06:00)
  Embed Assets using Entity Embed  (05:03)
  Handling Embedded Videos  (03:04)
  Browse Assets using Entity Browser  (06:46)
  Configure Media Entity Permissions  (01:07)
  Crop Images using Image Widget Crop  (07:19)
  Automatically Crop Images using Focal Point  (03:39)
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An Introduction to Entities and Fields

Drupal 8 Site Building Entities, Content types and Fields An Introduction to Entities and Fields

In this introductory video you’ll learn about some of Drupal’s fundamental components. You’ll learn about the different entity types, content and configuration, and what bundles are used for.

Then we look at what a field is and its three components: type, widget and formatter. And finally, you’ll learn what display modes are.

Sections

  • Entity types (00:28)
  • Entity bundles (01:15)
  • Fields (01:51)
  • Field type (02:05)
  • Field widget (02:18 )
  • Field formatter (02:47)
  • Display mode (03:16)
  • View modes (03:34)
  • Form modes (04:26)
  • Summary (05:00)

Resources

An Introduction to Entities (drupal.org/node/1261744)

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