 field templates fieldlevel theming determines how the values of a given field are displayed the resulting output ends up in the content and fieldname rendered variables in the node templates template files in order to customize field themeing copy the contentfieldtplphp template file into your theme s root folder please keep the contents of the cck theme folder untouched for the same reason need to copy the file instead of just moving it edit that copy to your liking see the comments in cck theme content contentfieldtplphp for a list of all variables available in this template template suggestions in addition the theme layer will also look for fieldspecific variants suggestions in the following order of precedence contentfield fieldname contenttypename tplphp ex contentfieldfieldmyfieldstorytplphp if present will be used to theme the fieldmyfield field when displaying a story node contentfield contenttypename tplphp ex contentfieldstorytplphp if present will be used to theme all fields of story nodes contentfield fieldname tplphp ex contentfieldfieldmyfieldtplphp if present will be used to theme all fieldmyfield field in all the content types it appears in contentfieldtplphp if none of the above is present the base template will be used important  suggestions work only if the theme also has the base template file if your theme has contentfield tplphp files it must also have a contentfieldtplphp file whenever you add new template files in your theme you need to rebuild the theme registry or the theme engine won t see them you can do that by visiting the administer modules page or using devel module  s clear cache link see the working with template suggestions section of the theme guide for drupal 6 for more informations about templates and template suggestions  