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Mastering Drupal 8 Views

You're reading from   Mastering Drupal 8 Views Build sophisticated displays of your Drupal content, all without programming

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785886966
Length 272 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Up and Running with Views FREE CHAPTER 2. Views from Scratch 3. Sorting and Filtering 4. Contextual Filters 5. Relationships 6. Add-on Modules 7. Field Rewrites 8. Customizing Views 9. Advanced View Settings 10. Theming Views A. Content Types for a Sample Site Index

A first try at listing the available properties

"Okay, Jackson, we've modified an existing view. I think it's time to learn how to build my own views in Drupal 8." Lynn gave Jackson a nice scratch knowing she'd be ignoring him for a few hours while she worked her way through this first view on her own.

Starting at the Views listing page (Manage | Structure | Views), Lynn clicked on the Add new view button that is prominently at the top of the Views listing page. "This is a nice change from Drupal 7, where adding a view was just an unformatted link." After the page loaded, Lynn faced an empty form similar to the one here:

A first try at listing the available properties

The blank Add new view screen

"Okay, this doesn't look too complex. Let's call this view Available Property Listing," said Lynn, as she typed the view name into the first field. Drupal automatically converts the name entered into this field into a machine name for Drupal to use internally.

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Generally, the machine name...

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