Summary

This chapter focused on just a few modules, with an emphasis on date and calendar. We explored date formats noting a broad range of Drupal locations where the special formatting for PHP dates can be applied. We created a view of Upcoming Workshops that served as the foundation for the next nine recipes. We explored (finally!) the Exposed filters fieldset including some special filters enabled by the Views Date Range Filter Module. We had a chance to create some summary views. We made use of four special Views Types coded in modules via the hook_views_style_plugins. These interesting View Types include the Date Browser, Timeline, List View as Popup, and Calendar (Appendix C contains a comprehensive list of Views style plugins and their associated View Types). Finally, we looked in detail at the steps for upgrading from the older 5.x-1.x Calendar and Date modules to the newer, and more feature-rich, 5.x-2.x versions.