[support] Views on Homepage

[Laura Scott]

Just saw this: http://drupal.org/project/retease could help with your  
existing nodes.

Laura

On Oct 24, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Ian Elwood wrote:

> 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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