Can I print an image from a separate content type in my page--front.tpl.php?

Question

This is a question in reference to Drupal 7, using the Zurb Foundation base theme framework. I've created a specific content type that only has an image field in it for purposes of making the image itself content manageable by the user so they can add/remove as they'd like.

I thought that I could access that image with the following code in my page--front.tpl.php file per my Googling of the subject, however, I'm getting no output at all.

<?php print render(field_view_field('node', $node, 'field_my_image_field', array('label'=>'hidden'))); 
  ?>

I've also attempted several different variations of this to no avail.

How can I access and print out the contents of that field from that content type into my custom page template?

Answer 1

You can embed a view inside your front page template, insert this code in propper region. You'll need an image view

// Get the embeded view and render it.
drupal_render(views_embed_view('VIEW_NAME', 'DISPLAY_ID'));

replace VIEW-NAME and DISPLAY_ID with your data, you can find those values in last column on your image view

Answer 2

if you want to display any custom field from specific content type , you can refer below code : please change your content type name in $type variable in below code here my content type name is "portfolio" , you will get all fields value from that particular content type.

$type = "portfolio";
//$test = array();
$nodes = node_load_multiple(array(), array('type' => $type));
foreach($nodes as $products){
 print_r($products); 
} 

Hope it helps.

Answer 3

Here is what was ultimately the solution in our case in the event that anyone else runs in to this same problem again in the future.

Ultimately, the solution was to load the image from the node directly. Many thanks to my man Mike for helping get to the bottom of this.

<?php 
      $type = "homepage_hero_background"; // content type machine name
      $nodes = node_load_multiple(array(), array('type' => $type));
      foreach ($nodes as $bg) {
        $uri = $bg->field_chp_background_image['und'][0]["uri"]; // field machine name
        $main_image = file_create_url( $uri );
      }
      ?>