README

Varbase Content Base

A foundational recipe for content structure and management in Varbase. Provides core content configuration for content types, taxonomy vocabularies, menu system, path aliases, and essential content-related modules.

This recipe is designed to work as a foundation after the Drupal CMS Content Type Base recipe, extending it with Varbase-specific enhancements and configurations.

Features

Content Structure

• Node System: Core node functionality with essential field storages:
  • Body field (text with summary)
  • Description field (long text)
  • Tags field (taxonomy reference)
  • Categories field (taxonomy reference)
• Taxonomy: Vocabulary system for organizing content with custom fields

Field Management

• Field Group: Organize fields into logical groups
• Smart Trim: Intelligent text trimming with more options
• Advanced Text Formatter: Enhanced text field display options
• Inline Entity Form: Edit referenced entities inline
• Token: Token replacement system for dynamic content

Views & Content Management

• Frontpage View: Default front page content display
• Archive View: Content archive by date
• Taxonomy Term View: Display taxonomy term content
• Views Infinite Scroll: Pagination with infinite scrolling
• Better Exposed Filters: Enhanced Views filter UX
• Date Filter: Advanced date filtering for Views

User Experience

• Contextual Links: In-place editing links
• ECA (Event-Condition-Action): Visual workflow builder with BPMN.io including:
  • Redirect 403 to login page
  • Content management automations
  • User workflows
• Rabbit Hole: Control entity display behavior

Content Utilities

• Entity Clone: Duplicate content entities
• Entity Usage: Track entity relationships and usage
• Entityqueue: Manual content ordering and curation
• Diff: Compare content revisions
• Menu Position: Automatic menu item placement
• Tagify: Enhanced tagging with autocomplete

Technical Features

• Ultimate Cron: Advanced cron job management
• Dynamic Page Cache: Performance optimization
• Token Filter: Use tokens in text fields

Configuration

The recipe includes default configurations for:

• Field storages for nodes, and taxonomy terms
• User picture field storage and display
• Entity form and view displays for and users
• Token view modes for all content entity types
• Social media menu
• ECA workflow for 403 redirect to login
• Entity usage tracking settings
• Tagify widget defaults

Permissions

The recipe configures basic content permissions for:

• Anonymous: Access to published content
• Authenticated: Access to content and view own unpublished content

Additional role-based permissions should be configured based on your site's needs.

Installation

Add the recipe using composer:

composer require drupal/varbase_content_base:~1.0.0

Change directory to /web

Run the Drupal recipe bash script:

bash core/scripts/drupal recipe recipes/varbase_content_base

or

Run the Drush recipe command:

drush recipe recipes/varbase_content_base

Maintainers

• Vardot

License

GPL-2.0-or-later