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October 25, 2013

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PromisesPromises

• Prizes & Volunteers

• Slides will be available to download

• Don’t need to know Drupal or SQL

• No Code – hurray!

• Practice:

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Why this matters to YOUWhy this matters to YOU

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What the heck is Drupal?What the heck is Drupal?

Hi, I’m drupal I make websites

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What the heck is Views?What the heck is Views?

Seeing your “stuff” in different ways

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Unicorns frolicking?Unicorns frolicking?

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Table to sort and export?Table to sort and export?

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Do YOU use Views?Do YOU use Views?

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Tip #1: Jargon & ObfuscationTip #1: Jargon & Obfuscation

• Fields (data chunks)

• Filter Criteria (narrow)

• Sort Criteria (set order)

• Contextual Filters (where am I?)

• Relationships (not from around here)

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Photo gallery or Directory?Photo gallery or Directory?

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Tip #2: Choose WiselyTip #2: Choose Wisely

Plan how to Name & Tag your Views so you can easily Scan and Sort

them when you havea LONG LIST

(because you WILL one day).

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Tags as select lists?Tags as select lists?

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Tip #3: “Companion”…modulesTip #3: “Companion”…modules

• Views data export

• Administration views

• Views bulk operations*

• Entity reference

• EVA

• Views Field View

• Better Exposed Filters

• Others…?

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“My” stuff?“My” stuff?

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Tip #4: Not playing nicely (with other modules)Tip #4: Not playing nicely (with other modules)

Beware modules that aren’t

as widely used or

as fully integrated,

they may not work well.

•Field Collections

•Webform

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Learn MORE (Works Cited-ish)Learn MORE (Works Cited-ish)

• Best Views explanation EVER:http://drupalwatchdog.com/1/1/what-is-this-views-thing-and-why-do-i-need-it

• Acquia Views tutorial– http://www.acquia.com/blog/totally-beginner-tutorial-views-drupal-7

• More explanations of features in Views: http://drupalwatchdog.com/1/1/whats-new-in-views-3

• NodeOne Views/Rules Tutorials: – http://nodeone.se/en/taming-the-beast-learn-views-with-nodeone

• Code Karate Rules & Entity Reference tutorials:– http://codekarate.com/daily-dose-of-drupal/drupal-7-entity-reference-

module• GT Drupal group (shares a few how to documents and bits of code):

– http://drupal.gatech.edu

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What did I forget to mention?What did I forget to mention?

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