In this chapter we will cover:
Creating a news listing view
Creating a dynamic view
Creating a latest news block
Building a news image grid view
Creating a randomly selected list of images
Creating an archived content block and view
Building complex views using relationships
Using attachments to extend views' filtering functionality
Using attachments to extend views' output
Throughout this chapter we will explore some of the most common features of the Views module, from the basic to the advanced. Views makes it easy to create listings of your content, such as job listings or a list of products in a shop. It also allows you to set filters, and to expose those filters to the user. For example, in a listing of products in a shop, you could output a price filter, allowing users to select a price range.
Views is the most popular module on Drupal.org
due to its power and flexibility, and by the end of this chapter, I'm sure you...