Introduction to what Views is, how to use it, and Drupal-icious jargon to understand. (Presentation at DrupalCamp Chattanooga 2015).

1. VIEWS CAN
SHOW THAT!
D R U PA L C A M P C H AT TA N O O G A
7 N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 5

2. INTRODUCTIONS
Who are
YOU?
I am:
@AdelleFrank
…and I love
DONUTS!

3. Views can
SHOW
that!
PRACTICE: CAN VIEWS SHOW THAT?

4. CAN VIEWS SHOW A CALENDAR?
Views can
SHOW
that!

5. CAN VIEWS SHOW A CALENDAR?

6. CAN VIEWS SHOW A SLIDESHOW?
Views can
SHOW
that!

7. CAN VIEWS SHOW A SLIDESHOW?

8. CAN VIEWS SHOW STAFF PROFILES?
Views can
SHOW
that!

9. CAN VIEWS SHOW STAFF PROFILES?

10. CAN VIEWS SHOW FEATURED NEWS?
Views can
SHOW
that!

11. CAN VIEWS SHOW FEATURED NEWS?

12. WHAT DO YOU THINK VIEWS CAN SHOW?

13. CAN VIEWS SHOW THAT?
Views can
SHOW
that!

14. THE DATABASE AS RESTAURANT
Database = Blogs, Profiles,
Reviews: stored in tables.
Restaurant = Many kinds of food,
stored and served in different ways.

15. RECIPES & FIELDS
Kind of Food = Donut (a recipe)
Ingredients/Characteristics =
• dough
• shape
• filling
• topping
Content Type (Entity) = Blog post
Fields =
• title
• image
• tags
• date
• etc.

16. VIEWS IS LIKE A BOX OF … DONUTS
Selection = Case of donuts View = Blog posts tagged as “drupal”

17. DONUTS TO BLOGS TO VIEWS
Step Donuts Views
1 Select which Donuts match your market Filters (Contextual) &
Access
2 You could also include other kinds of food Relationships
3 Choose a Container Display
4 Organize them in that display case Sort criteria
5 Change all the prices at same time, or remove
stale ones
Operations
6 Decide which information and how to
advertise/style it
Formats, Fields, View
Modes, Page settings, etc.

18. Insert
Demo
here
DEMO

19. CAN VIEWS SHOW THAT?
Views can
SHOW
that!

20. • Working with Views in D8 https://www.drupal.org/node/1912118
• http://www.slideshare.net/AcquiaInc/views-minicourse-part-ii-
creating-flexible-views-with-drupal-7
• https://drupalwatchdog.com/volume-3/issue-1/views-rewrites
• https://drupalwatchdog.com/volume-1/issue-1/attachments-no-
muss-no-fuss-views-upgrade
• https://www.drupal.org/community-initiatives/drupal-core/vdc-
roadmap
• https://austin2014.drupal.org/session/viewception-three-levels-
deep.html
FOR MORE INFORMATION

21. CREDITS
Huge thanks to:
• David Needham for his inspiring
Intro to Views presentation at
DrupalCon LA
https://events.drupal.org/losangel
es2015/sessions/views-beginners-
drupal-8
• http://www.chenhuijing.com/blog/
drupal-101-intro-to-views/
• https://www.acquia.com/blog/tota
lly-beginner-tutorial-views-drupal-7
Slides will be posted to
adellefrank.com