Recipe 31:Embedding a View in a Theme template

Note

Ingredients

Content module: http://drupal.org/project/cck

Node reference field, included in CCK module

Automatic Nodetitles: http://drupal.org/project/auto_nodetitle

Token module: http://drupal.org/project/token

Imagefield module: http://drupal.org/project/imagefield

Artist Content type

Poster Content type and View

This recipe performs a similar function as the Recipes 28 and 30, but takes a different approach. Using a template file, and a small mix of modules and views functions, we will embed all posters produced by an artist under the artist's description.

1. Create a content type named artist to include the following text fields.

   Field Name	Field Type	Label
   artist_first_name	Text	First Name
   artist_last_name	Text	Last Name
   artist_nationality	Text	Nationality

2. Edit the content type at admin/content/types/artist and select Automatically generate the title and hide the title field.

   

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