We have talked about using Views Custom Field which really makes Views more versatile. In the custom PHP field, you can get the data of other fields from $data. But the field names under the $data may changed later as you modify the view.
A workaround is to get the field data from $data using the field_id. Continue reading Drupal – $data->field_name problem in Views Custom Field
1. Go to <drupal>/admin/build/views/tools
2. Select – Any – for Label for “Any” value on optional single-select exposed filters: Continue reading Drupal – Translate Views Exposed Filter Label
Sometimes we may want to show the number of records in a view. I found a very good snippet which serve this purpose perfectly and you can add it to either view header or footer. Continue reading Drupal – Add View Result Count
The Node Comments module let you assign you own content type as comment. For example, i have the following two content types.
Continue reading Drupal – Render the Node Comments Post a Comment Form
In Views, we can make the exposed filter into block and therefore we can select it for Panel page. But this would not work because after the filter form submission, it will redirect to the view page rather than the current panel page.
Luckily, i found a solution to resolve the issue. Continue reading Drupal – Form Path Problem of Exposed Filter Block in Panel Page
The relationship delta in Views helps you to link a specific referenced node. but it only has 1 to 10 options. I want to increase the delta limit, so let’s hack the CCK module. Yes, the CCK module instead of the Views module. =P
Open cck/includes/views/handlers/content_handler_relationship.inc and modify the $max_delta as follow. Continue reading Drupal – Increase Views Relationship Delta Limit
When you are viewing a node, it would be nice to have the previous and next navigation buttons so that you can browse other nodes of the same content type more easily. This is exactly the recent task i need to complete. Luckily i found a very good post showing how to add the navigation buttons in just 2 steps.
1. Add the following function in your theme template.php Continue reading Drupal – Add Previous and Next Links for Node Navigation
The Calendar module integrates with the Views module to show a calender view in Drupal.
1. Download and enable the calendar module. Continue reading Drupal – Calendar
This post will show you how to add sorting in Views 2.
1. Add a sorting selection list in the views header. Continue reading Drupal – Add Sorting to View
In Drupal Views, we can theme the output HTML by applying different .tpl.php in the Views admin UI. But there is not an option for theming an exposed filter. Actually, we can do it in the same way. Continue reading Drupal – Theme the Exposed Filter Form in Views
Eureka! 