Getting Started on Sites: Creating a New View Mode

Drupal has a couple of standard ways to display content using a Default view or a Teaser view display. Stanford Web Services uses View modes to create multiple image/Field Collection displays and allows the site builder to change how fields will be displayed. 

Enabling View modes on your site

• From the Modules menu, enable Display Suite and Display Suite UI. If necessary, flush the Menu Cache.
• Navigate to Structure > Display Suite.
• Click View modes tab.
   

Create new View mode

• Click + Add a view mode.
• Fill in the Label field.
• Edit Machine name (if necessary).  Stanford Web Services recommends that you choose your machine names carefully.  Pick a prefix for your organization or use one that is already in use by your organization (e.g., soe_ , gsb_ , etc.).
• Select Entities for which the view mode will be available.
• Then click the Save button.

Manage the display of the new view mode

• From the Display Suite View modes page, click on the Displays tab, then click Manage display for the item you are targeting.
• ALWAYS START FROM DEFAULT.
• Click the Custom display settings horizontal tab, then select the view mode you just created.
• Click the Save button.
• The View mode is now available.

• You can show/hide the field label and show/hide individual fields.
• Click on the gear and choose from your available Image styles. 
• Then click the Save button.