field_ui_help

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field_ui_help($path, $arg)

Implements hook_help().

Code

modules/field_ui/field_ui.module, line 11

<?php
function field_ui_help($path, $arg) {
  switch ($path) {
    case 'admin/help#field_ui':
      $output = '';
      $output .= '<h3>' . t('About') . '</h3>';
      $output .= '<p>' . t('The Field UI module provides an administrative user interface (UI) for adding custom fields to content types, users, comments, and other types of data. The field types are defined by other modules, and collected and managed by the <a href="@field">Field module</a>. For more information, see the online handbook entry for <a href="@field-ui">Field UI module</a>.', array('@field-ui' => 'http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/field-ui', '@field' => url('admin/help/field'))) . '</p>';
      $output .= '<h3>' . t('Uses') . '</h3>';
      $output .= '<dl>';
      $output .= '<dt>' . t('Defining custom fields') . '</dt>';
      $output .= '<dd>' . t('When adding a custom field, you need to determine whether the field type will contain text, numbers, lists, etc., as well as how it will be input (as a text field, text area, select box, checkboxes, radio buttons, etc.). A field may have a single value or multiple values. For example, an employee field might have a single employee identification number, whereas a phone number field might have multiple phone numbers.') . '</dd>';
      $output .= '<dt>' . t('Adding fields to content types') . '</dt>';
      $output .= '<dd>' . t("Some fields are provided by default when you create a content type, such as the Title and Body fields. The Field UI module lets administrators edit or delete the default fields attached to content, as well as create new fields for storing any additional information. Field configuration is accessible through tabs on each specific content type's configuration page, listed on the <a href='@content-types'>Content types administration page</a>. See the <a href='@node-help'>Node module help page</a> for more information about content types.", array('@content-types' => url('admin/structure/types'), '@node-help' => url('admin/help/node'))) . '</dd>';
      $output .= '</dl>';
      return $output;

    case 'admin/reports/fields':
      return '<p>' . t('This list shows all fields currently in use for easy reference.') . '</p>';
  }
}
?>

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