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Summary click path: add block > create a custom block > Featured Image
Supporting components - sidebar CTAs, featured images - can be added to a news item page when the page is in layout mode.
This example uses ‘Featured Image’ - but the same process is used for any component block
Page View Mode
- To get into page view:
- Find and click the 'Content' button located in the upper left corner, to the right of the blue ‘Drupal 8’ logo.
- Use the filter controls to display only news items
- Locate the news item to be edited
- Click its corresponding ‘Edit’ button to the right of the item title
- At the ‘Edit News Story’ screen, click the ‘Customize Page’ near the top of the edit window to switch to page view mode
Add a Component Block
- Click ‘add block’ at the bottom of the section container
- From the ‘Choose a Block Menu’ select ‘Create a Custom Block’
- From exposed block menu, select ‘Featured image’
Fill out fields
- Title
- Select or upload image
- Headline (optional)
- Photo credit
- Caption
Choose a display style
- Text Overlaid: headline, caption and photo credit display near the middle part of the image without a shaded background
- Caption Below: headline, caption and photo credit display near the middle part of the image without a shaded background
Place on page
- Click the ‘update’ button
- Drag and drop the featured image block to desired location on the page
- Remember to click the ‘Save layout’ button on top of the content area