<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi Keith, <br><br></div>As soon as you need more than 1 list I think it is better to go with views. There are default taxonomy lists that you could play around with, but if you have more than 1 list you often also want to differenciate the display of those lists and without views you do not have enough options for that.<br>
<br></div>Best regards, <br><br>Hans<br><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-06-09 16:14 GMT+02:00 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" target="_blank">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a>></span>:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thank you Hans!!<br>
<br>
Very nice minimalistic approach!!<br>
<br>
If I wanted more than one content type say a list of businesses plus my<br>
blog pages, then I assume I would need to use views?<br>
<br>
I'm already using views to list Featured articles and to list Top<br>
Stories. So maybe using views would be the way to go.<br>
<br>
Building an app that is resource wise is also a goal of mine.<br>
<br>
Thanks again!!<br>
<br>
Keith<br>
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On 2014-06-09 04:09, KOBA | Hans Rossel wrote:<br>
> Hi Keith,<br>
><br>
> Allthough using views will give you a lot more possibilities, it has<br>
> also a learning curve. Activating views will also make your site<br>
> heavier and slower.<br>
><br>
> So I would like to point out that what you want is also possible<br>
> without views. If your site is a blog site and you only want a blog<br>
> content type and one listing of blog items on /blog you could also do<br>
> it without view following the steps below.<br>
> - Go to Structure > Content types (admin/structure/types) and add<br>
> your blog content type. Edit each content type and remove in<br>
> publishing options the "promote to front page" setting, add it for<br>
> blog.<br>
> - Go to configuration > site information<br>
> (admin/config/system/site-information) and set the default front page<br>
> to whatever other fixed page you like<br>
> - Go to configuration > url aliases (admin/config/search/path) and add<br>
> an alias "blog" for the existing system path "node"<br>
> - Your blog is now available at /blog, so add it to a menu<br>
> (admin/structure/menu).<br>
><br>
> Best regards,<br>
><br>
> Hans<br>
><br>
> 2014-06-09 3:04 GMT+02:00 <<a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a>>:<br>
><br>
>> Hi, I'm rather new to Drupal and would like to create a blog and<br>
>> not<br>
>> have my article list be the home page. I would like to designate<br>
>> another page called "blog", or any name I select, to be the listing<br>
>> page.<br>
>><br>
>> I am reading that the best way to do so is to create a "blog"<br>
>> content<br>
>> type. I am reading the blog module is not the best approach and<br>
>> this<br>
>> module will be removed in version 8.<br>
>><br>
>> I'm thinking I need two things:<br>
>><br>
>> 1) blog content type<br>
>> 2) blog listing page - do I need to create this or is this<br>
>> automatically<br>
>> created as part of the creation of the content type.<br>
>><br>
>> If there is a better solution, please advise.<br>
>><br>
>> Any guidance is much appreciated.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks!!<br>
>><br>
>> Keith<br>
>><br>
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