About input options
There are a variety of input options that control how you use terms on your website. Below you can see the options available for the Manage form display page:
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There are a couple of options to manage the taxonomy terms:
  • Controlled vocabularies allow you to set the terms and restrict the options available to content authors. You can limit inputs by setting up a specific widget, such as select list, checkboxes or radio buttons.
  • Tagging allows users with the corresponding permissions to add new terms. You can also have an autocomplete text field.

Exercise 4.3: Adding fields to content types

In this exercise we’ll add the State/Territory field to job postings and to News and Media. For this exercise we have a controlled vocabulary, limiting input to one State/Territory, so we’ll use a select list.
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    Add the State/Territory field to Job postings
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      Go to Structure → Content types and click on manage fields to the right of the Job posting content type name.
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      To associate the State/Territory vocabulary with a particular content type we need to add our new Term reference field. Under /admin/structure/types/manage/job_posting/fields, click Add field. Under Add a new field, select Reference → Taxonomy term, then complete the fields as follows:
Add the existing State taxonomy field to News and Media Now that job postings can be categorised by states/territories, News and media articles need to use the same State/Territory vocabulary. Follow the instructions above but add the existing taxonomy field to the News and Media content type.
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Configure the form display and page display to show the new field.
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