[support] Views on Homepage

[Ian Elwood]

I just checked, I am using the page view in my panel.  Still seems like 
it is displaying the entire post, not a teaser.

sander-martijn wrote:
> i don't think you need to actually change anything - just click edit and 
> submit.
> 
> However, you said you changed the settings in the page section of the 
> view.  Are you sure you're not using the block view in your panel?  If 
> so you'll need to change it in the block part of the view not the page - 
> each one has it's own settings
> 
> Ian Elwood wrote:
>> Caveat emptor indeed, I am slightly noobish and scared of PHP still.  Is 
>> a workaround to edit something small, like adding a single space, then 
>> submitting it again?  Or do I have to add a whole new node to check the 
>> changes?
>>
>> --ian--
>>
>> Laura Scott wrote:
>>> Those settings will apply for new posts only. Existing posts will  
>>> need to be edited and resubmitted. There are php scripts to  
>>> facilitate that for you, if you know what you're doing there. Caveat  
>>> emptor.
>>>
>>> Laura
>>>
>>> On Oct 24, 2007, at 11:41 AM, Ian Elwood wrote:
>>>
>>>> I set the view to 'View Type: Teaser list' in the 'page' section of
>>>> 'edit view'.  It doesn't seem to be registering the settings on the  
>>>> page
>>>> at /admin/content/node-settings for some reason.  I can switch  
>>>> those to
>>>> 200 or the max, and it displays the same.
>>>>
>>>> --ian--
>>>>
>>>> Greg Holsclaw wrote:
>>>>> Set the views to 'Teaser  List' in the View Type. If still too  
>>>>> long (or
>>>>> too short), change the teaser trim length at
>>>>> /admin/content/node-settings (Administer >> Content >> Post  
>>>>> Settings) to
>>>>> the desired length ( I believe it is set to 200 characters by  
>>>>> default).
>>>>>
>>>>> Greg
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support- 
>>>>> bounces at drupal.org] On
>>>>> Behalf Of Ian Elwood
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:53 AM
>>>>> To: support at drupal.org
>>>>> Subject: [support] Views on Homepage
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a two panel homepage, the left panel is drawing from a view  
>>>>> and
>>>>> so is the right.  www.crocodyl.com
>>>>>
>>>>> The panels are pulling from 2 separate page views, each is set to
>>>>> display one content type when it is published and promoted to front
>>>>> page.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem I am hitting is that the panels are displaying the entire
>>>>> post instead of a clipped version.  I can't seem to figure out which
>>>>> setting to change, I would like it to cut off at about 500 characters
>>>>> and display the next post below, like a blog in each view.
>>>>>
>>>>> It looks great if the new content (Company profiles) is really short,
>>>>> but once more information is entered in, it starts to make the front
>>>>> page really long.
>>>>>
>>>>> --ian--
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