Using the Drupal Views module it is possible to create a variety of different display formats including tables, lists, and grids. In this recipe, we will create a grid view to display thumbnail images and title links for the most recent News articles, as shown in the following screenshot:
To complete this recipe you will need to have first completed the first recipe of this chapter, Creating a news listing view. We will be making use of the News article content type and also adding a new display to the News view.
We will begin this recipe by creating a new page display in the News view, which we will then configure to display a grid of images and titles to represent the latest 12 News articles:
1. Select Structure from the admin menu, then select Views.
2. Select edit for the News view.
3. Select the +Add button on the display bar, then select Page:
4. In the Format section select Unformatted list.
5. Change the For field to This page...