Customize CSS for Views
This is the easy way. Tomorrow, i’ll tackle the hard way. Copy the Views.css file from the modules/views/css dir and paste it into the CSS folder of your Subtheme. Do use a subtheme, that way you can...
View ArticlePerformance – Blocks Vs Panels
If you are curious about whether Blocks is better than Panels in terms of performance then check out this post: http://www.codeenigma.com/blog/performance-panels#comment-4855 This is great. It tests...
View ArticleJQuery Slideshow and Content Animation Effects – Using VIEWS!
I have been looking for a widget that will allow me to show pieces of content in a rotating slideshow. You see ‘em all over the place and they look great. And, of course, there is a module for that....
View ArticleAdd a custom hyperlink to a View
This is similar to what I did last night with the More buttobn PNG file. I have the same file in a Panel Pane for a View that I put together. And I want it to go to a completely custom URL that links...
View ArticleKeep Views results IN the Panel
I have everything built in Panels. So, by default, a View with an exposed filter will show its results in the View URL rather than the Panel URL. So all the nice Panel elements will disappear. So, I go...
View ArticleImage Galleries in Drupal using Views
I have been back and forth with different options on how to approach building an image gallery in Drupal. And I am getting closer to really seeing what will work well and what won’t. I use Views. For...
View ArticleFlag Content right from a View
I installed the Views for PHP module. 33k installs and somehow I missed this. Then, I found this great post on how to use the Global:PHP “field” to add PHP that will allow for a Flag entry right on the...
View ArticleQuicktabs – AJAX, Views and Panels
This module turned out to be a a real blessing for me. My site offers the ability to research news, court cases and legislation. As this content is viewed, my users are able to drag and drop links,...
View ArticleCreate a Gallery to Present groups of HTML objects
I need to be able to display a bunch of books that are on sale from Amazon that interest the site’s audience. Amazon’s Associate Program makes it easy to monetize your site by advertising their stuff....
View ArticleViews Bulk Operations and Taxonomies – school of hard knocks
Views Bulk Operations is a great tool for making batched changes to large amounts of data. I have been using it for the last couple of days to add taxonomy terms to the around 17,000 new nodes that I...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....