Field api
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The document outlines specifications for building a site using the Helior client API, discussing various configurations and components involved in site creation. It emphasizes the importance of understanding field types and instances in Drupal, detailing several hooks related to field management. Overall, it serves as a guide for developers on customizing and handling fields in their projects.
Field api
- 1. The Field API Trilogy @helior
- 2. client specifications: Site building 101 Typical config for CC info
- 3. site building results: This is fine.
- 4. database results: It’s all good.
- 5. Actually building a site configuring more fields adding more components
- 6. holy cow that’s a lot of fields! Not proud Is something wrong?
- 7. concept of information An “Idea” This idea is not Drupal native customize in t wo ways: - alter - override
- 8. Field Types API Big kid stuff.
- 9. hook_field_info() 'label' 'description' 'settings' 'instance_settings' 'default_widget' 'default_formatter'
- 10. What is the difference between Fields and Instances?
- 11. hook_field_schema() :: view code ::
- 12. Maintenance is required. hook_field_validate() hook_field_is_empty() And also.... • hook_field_load() • hook_field_validate() • hook_field_presave() • hook_field_insert() • hook_field_update() • hook_field_delete() • hook_field_delete_revision() • hook_field_prepare_view()
- 13. But wait, there's more! hook_field_extra_fields()
- 14. Questions?