Views for the teacher blog and assignments

Now that we have created some sample content, we are ready to complete the final step in creating the teacher blog: adding a view to display the content types in one place. As discussed in detail in Chapter 3, Getting Started, we need to complete the following three main steps to create a view:

1. Add a view. We need to do the following:

   • Describe the view

   • Select the type of data and filters

   • Select a display type

   • Set display type options

   • Set the display format

2. Edit the view. We need to do the following:

   • Add fields

   • Add/edit filters

   • Add/edit contextual filters (optional)

   • Edit display format (optional)

   • Set additional configuration options (optional)

3. Define multiple display types (optional)

4. Override the default values (optional)

   Note

   Chapter 3, Getting Started, provides a detailed overview of adding views.

In this section, we will create two views: one for the teacher blog and a second for assignments.

The teacher blog view

To get started, click on the Structure | Views...