Utilizing dynamic arguments

Views can be configured to accept contextual filters. Contextual filters allow you to provide a dynamic argument that modifies the view's output. The value is expected to be passed from the URL; however, if it is not present, there are ways to provide a default value.

In this recipe, we will create a new page called My Content, which will display a user's authored content on the /user/%/content route.

How to do it...

1. Go to Structure and then Views. This will bring you to the administrative overview of all the views created. Click on Add view to create a new view.
2. Set the View name to My Content.
3. Next, we will modify the View settings. We want to display Content of the type All and leave the Taggedwith empty. This will allow all content to be displayed.

 

4. Select Createa page. Keep the page title the same. We will need to change the path to user/%user/content. Click on Save and edit to move to the next screen and add the contextual filter.

Note

When building a views page...