Thanks!!

On 2014-06-08 19:10, Jamie Holly wrote:

Create your blog content type, populated with whatever fields you desire. Then use the Views module to create a page listing the blog articles, as well as other items like an RSS feed, block of recent blog posts, etc.

Jamie Holly http://hollyit.net

On 6/8/2014 9:04 PM, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:

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Hi, I'm rather new to Drupal and would like to create a blog and not have my article list be the home page. I would like to designate another page called "blog", or any name I select, to be the listing page.

I am reading that the best way to do so is to create a "blog" content type. I am reading the blog module is not the best approach and this module will be removed in version 8.

I'm thinking I need two things:

1. blog content type
2. blog listing page - do I need to create this or is this

automatically created as part of the creation of the content type.

If there is a better solution, please advise.

Any guidance is much appreciated.

Thanks!!

Keith

Thank you very much!!

It would be a single user blog. No articles outside of the blog. I would create maybe 15 or 20 pages though.

Thanks again!!

On 2014-06-08 19:55, Nancy Wichmann wrote:

If you are going for a single user blog, you would probably be better off going with a normal content type and Views.

If you are going for a multi-user blog, I would stick with the Blog module. In Drupal 8, it will almost certainly be a contributed module, perhaps improved from the current core version.

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FROM: "techlists@phpcoderusa.com"

Hi, I'm rather new to Drupal and would like to create a blog and not

have my article list be the home page. I would like to designate another page called "blog", or any name I select, to be the listing page.

I am reading that the best way to do so is to create a "blog" content type. I am reading the blog module is not the best approach and this

module will be removed in version 8.

I'm thinking I need two things:

1. blog content type
2. blog listing page - do I need to create this or is this

automatically created as part of the creation of the content type.

If there is a better solution, please advise.

Any guidance is much appreciated.

Hey Keith,

I agree with Hans that Views - although powerful and offers a lot more possibilities - has a steeper learning curve. The better option for you would be to use a Content Type instead, just like Hans has directed.

Nonetheless, when you have some free time, watch the following video series on YouTube to get a quick overview of Views - it's really amazing once you get the hang of it. You can follow along the video series (in practice) just to get the feel of the procedure, and if you decide to go the Views way, just remember: be bold!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L9JLZOb_LQ

Success, Maina

On 6/9/14, KOBA | Hans Rossel hans.rossel@koba.be wrote:

Hi Keith,

Allthough using views will give you a lot more possibilities, it has also a learning curve. Activating views will also make your site heavier and slower.

So I would like to point out that what you want is also possible without views. If your site is a blog site and you only want a blog content type and one listing of blog items on /blog you could also do it without view following the steps below.

• Go to Structure > Content types (admin/structure/types) and add your blog

content type. Edit each content type and remove in publishing options the "promote to front page" setting, add it for blog.

• Go to configuration > site information

(admin/config/system/site-information) and set the default front page to whatever other fixed page you like

• Go to configuration > url aliases (admin/config/search/path) and add an

alias "blog" for the existing system path "node"

• Your blog is now available at /blog, so add it to a menu

(admin/structure/menu).

Best regards,

Hans

2014-06-09 3:04 GMT+02:00 techlists@phpcoderusa.com:

...

Hi, I'm rather new to Drupal and would like to create a blog and not have my article list be the home page. I would like to designate another page called "blog", or any name I select, to be the listing page.

I am reading that the best way to do so is to create a "blog" content type. I am reading the blog module is not the best approach and this module will be removed in version 8.

I'm thinking I need two things:

1. blog content type
2. blog listing page - do I need to create this or is this automatically

created as part of the creation of the content type.

If there is a better solution, please advise.

Any guidance is much appreciated.

Thanks!!

Keith

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Thank you Hans!!

Very nice minimalistic approach!!

If I wanted more than one content type say a list of businesses plus my blog pages, then I assume I would need to use views?

I'm already using views to list Featured articles and to list Top Stories. So maybe using views would be the way to go.

Building an app that is resource wise is also a goal of mine.

Thanks again!!

Keith

On 2014-06-09 04:09, KOBA | Hans Rossel wrote:

Hi Keith,

Allthough using views will give you a lot more possibilities, it has also a learning curve. Activating views will also make your site heavier and slower.

So I would like to point out that what you want is also possible without views. If your site is a blog site and you only want a blog content type and one listing of blog items on /blog you could also do it without view following the steps below.

• Go to Structure > Content types (admin/structure/types) and add

your blog content type. Edit each content type and remove in publishing options the "promote to front page" setting, add it for blog.

• Go to configuration > site information

(admin/config/system/site-information) and set the default front page to whatever other fixed page you like

• Go to configuration > url aliases (admin/config/search/path) and add

an alias "blog" for the existing system path "node"

• Your blog is now available at /blog, so add it to a menu

(admin/structure/menu).

Best regards,

Hans

2014-06-09 3:04 GMT+02:00 techlists@phpcoderusa.com:

...

Hi,  I'm rather new to Drupal and would like to create a blog and not have my article list be the home page.  I would like to designate another page called "blog", or any name I select, to be the listing page.

I am reading that the best way to do so is to create a "blog" content type.  I am reading the blog module is not the best approach and this module will be removed in version 8.

I'm thinking I need two things:

1. blog content type
2. blog listing page - do I need to create this or is this

automatically created as part of the creation of the content type.

If there is a better solution, please advise.

Any guidance is much appreciated.

Thanks!!

Keith

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