In this video, you will learn how to create a flag that will let the user “favorite” a piece of content so that later, we can display each user’s favorites on their profile for everyone to see.
Create a new flag
- Go to "Structure => Flags => Add flag" (admin/structure/flags)
- Select "Nodes"
- (Continue)
- Title: Favorites
- Messages
- Flag link text: Add to favorites
- Flag link description: Add this post to your favorites
- Flagged message: This post has been added to your favorites
- Unflag link text: Remove from favorites
- Unflag link description: Remove this post from your favorites
- Unflagged message: This post has been removed from your favorites
- Bundles: Article
- Display Options
- Display in entity links:
- Display on Full content view mode
- Display on Teaser view mode
- Display in entity links:
- (Save flag)
Now that the flag is configured, let's create a block that will display our list of favorite content