Movie Project: Create a Content Type for Drupal 7

In this exercise you will demonstrate the ability to build a ‘Movie Review’ content type based on our design by downloading contributed modules to provide all the necessary field types.

Goal

Add all necessary field types to a content type, using contributed modules if necessary, and configure the display of the content.

Prerequisites

You will need the following knowledge and skills. If you need a review, check out the Additional resources section at the bottom of this page.

1. Establish what field types are missing from Drupal core, and download contributed modules to fulfil the requirements of our content type.
2. Create and configure all the necessary fields in our content type.
3. Configure the display mode of a content type to format the display of content.

Wireframe reference

You will need to refer to the wireframe collection PDF.

• Review Page

Screenshot of a finished movie review:

Image

Tasks

Hints

• There are 3 contributed modules required for this content type in Drupal 7. (Only 1 is needed in Drupal now).
• Use sensible machine names. Prefix each one with movie_review to help make it easier to identify fields by content type later.
• Use http://www.lipsum.com/ to generate filler text for large content areas.

Recap

• Use meaningful Titles and Descriptions for your fields. Remember someone else may be authoring the content.
• Use Drush wherever possible to speed up the download of modules.
• Use out-of-the-box Drupal configuration wherever possible to meet your objectives.

Further your understanding

• Continue to the next lesson: Movie Project: Build a View and Use Image Styles.

Additional resources

• Video: Spotlight: Field and Field UI Modules (Drupalize.Me)
• Video: Hands-On: Job Content Type (Drupalize.Me)
• Video: Hands-On: Customizing Field Display (Drupalize.Me)
• Video: Introduction to Drush Series (Drupalize.Me)