6.13. Setting Up an Image Style

Add an image style and use it to display images on Vendor pages.

Vendor and Recipe content types must exist. See Section 6.1, “Adding a Content Type”.
Main image fields must exist for both content types. See Section 6.3, “Adding Basic Fields to a Content Type”.
Content items must exist for both content types. See Section 6.1, “Adding a Content Type”, Section 6.3, “Adding Basic Fields to a Content Type”, and Section 5.2, “Creating a Content Item”.

In the Manage administrative menu, navigate to Configuration > Media > Image styles (admin/config/media/image-styles).
Click Add image style.
Enter the name Extra medium (300x200)
Click Create new style. The page Edit style Extra medium (300x200) appears.
In the Effect table, select Scale and crop. Click Add.
Fill in the fields as shown below.
Field name Value
Width 300
Height 200
Click Add effect. The image style is saved with the chosen effects.
In the Manage administrative menu, navigate to Structure > Content types (admin/structure/types).
Click Manage display in the Operations dropdown for the Vendor content type. The Manage display page (admin/structure/types/manage/vendor/display) appears.
Ensure that the secondary tab Default is selected.
Click the gear wheel for the Main image field, to open the configuration options.
Fill in the fields as shown below.
Field name Explanation Example value
Image style Which image style to use Extra medium (300x200)
Link image to Page to visit if image is clicked Nothing
Click Update.
Click Save. The new image style will be used while displaying Vendor content.
Open a Vendor content item and verify that it now shows up with the scaled-down image. See Section 5.3, “Editing a Content Item” for information on how to locate an existing content item.
Repeat steps 8-15 for the Recipe content type.