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Learning Drupal 8

You're reading from   Learning Drupal 8 Create complex websites quickly and easily using the building blocks of Drupal 8, the most powerful version of Drupal yet

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782168751
Length 328 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Nick Abbott Nick Abbott
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Preface 1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Installation 3. Basic Concepts 4. Getting Started with the UI 5. Basic Content 6. Structure 7. Advanced Content 8. Configuration 9. Users and Access Control 10. Optional Features 11. Reports 12. Extending Drupal 13. Theming Drupal 14. Getting Support Index

Statistics


The Statistics module allows you to collect data about the visitors to your site. When the module is active, the number of times each piece of content is viewed is counted.

Enable the Statistics module now, and you will see a configuration screen available by navigating to Configuration | System | Statistics (admin/config/system/statistics):

Enable the collection of stats by ticking the Count content views option:

You'll then have access to a new block, which is initially entitled Popular content.

Visit Manage | Structure | Block layout and place the block.

Click on the Place block button now:

Choose to place the Popular content block.

This block can be configured to show a list of content that is:

  • Most popular for the current day

  • Most popular for all time (since the module was enabled)

  • Most recently viewed

There are multiple sets of options available in this screen, but we'll only set the Number of day's top views to display for now, and we'll place the block in the Sidebar second region...

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