Using Views and display modes
Using Views is one of the more difficult tasks for site builders given its vast configuration options. While this chapter affords hands-on options, it is important to explore the feature in greater depth and to get more practice with time.
All the following examples leverage a blog content type with a primary use case of building different blog-related displays in the Drupal application. For the sake of clarity, the content type has fields for title, body, featured, and a banner image. Also, it’s assumed the Views UI module is enabled for the next screenshots and that a user is logged in with the correct permissions.
Creating a teaser display mode for blogs
An effective teaser could be as simple as a title of the blog linked to the full page with some preliminary, summarized body content.
Follow these instructions to create a teaser:
- A teaser display mode can be created by going to Administration | Structure | Display modes ...