views can show that!
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VIEWS CANSHOW THAT!
D R U PA L C A M P C H AT TA N O O G A7 N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 5
INTRODUCTIONS
Who are YOU?
I am:@AdelleFrank
…and I love DONUTS!
Views can SHOW that!
PRACTICE: CAN VIEWS SHOW THAT?
CAN VIEWS SHOW A CALENDAR?
Views can SHOW that!
CAN VIEWS SHOW A CALENDAR?
CAN VIEWS SHOW A SLIDESHOW?
Views can SHOW that!
CAN VIEWS SHOW A SLIDESHOW?
CAN VIEWS SHOW STAFF PROFILES?
Views can SHOW that!
CAN VIEWS SHOW STAFF PROFILES?
CAN VIEWS SHOW FEATURED NEWS?
Views can SHOW that!
CAN VIEWS SHOW FEATURED NEWS?
WHAT DO YOU THINK VIEWS CAN SHOW?
CAN VIEWS SHOW THAT?
Views can SHOW that!
THE DATABASE AS RESTAURANT
Database = Blogs, Profiles, Reviews: stored in tables.
Restaurant = Many kinds of food,stored and served in different ways.
RECIPES & FIELDS
Kind of Food = Donut (a recipe)
Ingredients/Characteristics =• dough• shape• filling• topping
Content Type (Entity) = Blog post
Fields =• title• image• tags• date• etc.
VIEWS IS LIKE A BOX OF … DONUTS
Selection = Case of donuts View = Blog posts tagged as “drupal”
DONUTS TO BLOGS TO VIEWS
Step Donuts Views
1 Select which Donuts match your market Filters (Contextual) & Access
2 You could also include other kinds of food Relationships
3 Choose a Container Display
4 Organize them in that display case Sort criteria
5 Change all the prices at same time, or remove stale ones
Operations
6 Decide which information and how to advertise/style it
Formats, Fields, View Modes, Page settings, etc.
Insert Demo here
DEMO
CAN VIEWS SHOW THAT?
Views can SHOW that!
• Working with Views in D8 https://www.drupal.org/node/1912118
• http://www.slideshare.net/AcquiaInc/views-minicourse-part-ii-creating-flexible-views-with-drupal-7
• https://drupalwatchdog.com/volume-3/issue-1/views-rewrites
• https://drupalwatchdog.com/volume-1/issue-1/attachments-no-muss-no-fuss-views-upgrade
• https://www.drupal.org/community-initiatives/drupal-core/vdc-roadmap
• https://austin2014.drupal.org/session/viewception-three-levels-deep.html
FOR MORE INFORMATION
CREDITS
Huge thanks to:
• David Needham for his inspiring Intro to Views presentation at DrupalCon LA https://events.drupal.org/losangeles2015/sessions/views-beginners-drupal-8
• http://www.chenhuijing.com/blog/drupal-101-intro-to-views/
• https://www.acquia.com/blog/totally-beginner-tutorial-views-drupal-7
Slides will be posted to
adellefrank.com