'News'-type feature required
26 October 2007 - 07:23 (where I live) support@drupal.org Hello support, I'm developing a site using the Abac theme and would like to publish short (say, 3-4 sentences) 'headlines' in the left sidebar. These headlines wouldn't relate to any other story/page. I can't work out how to do this. Is there a module that does this or can it be done with the basic installation? Many thanks. -- Best regards, William mailto:thejanitor@fastmail.fm Flying with The Bat! Professional version 3.99.3 The author recommends NOD32 (www.eset.com) as the most effective and efficient anti-virus software.
Quoting The Janitor <thejanitor@fastmail.fm>:
26 October 2007 - 07:23 (where I live) support@drupal.org
Hello support,
I'm developing a site using the Abac theme and would like to publish short (say, 3-4 sentences) 'headlines' in the left sidebar. These headlines wouldn't relate to any other story/page.
I can't work out how to do this. Is there a module that does this or can it be done with the basic installation?
This http://drupal.org/project/views will probably do it. Earnie -- http://for-my-kids.com/ -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
Quoting The Janitor <thejanitor@fastmail.fm>:
26 October 2007 - 07:23 (where I live) support@drupal.org
Hello support,
I'm developing a site using the Abac theme and would like to publish short (say, 3-4 sentences) 'headlines' in the left sidebar. These headlines wouldn't relate to any other story/page.
I can't work out how to do this. Is there a module that does this or can it be done with the basic installation?
Add a content type e.g. Headlines Add a block e.g. Headlines For the Block body choose the php input filter Add something like <code> <?php $res = db_query("SELECT title, nid FROM {node_revisions}"); $output=null; while ($data = db_fetch_object($res)) { $output .= l($data->title, 'node/'.$data->nid) . '<br/>'; } return $output; ?> </code> You'll need to adjust the db_query to include a left join on the {node} table selecting only node_revisions that have a node.type of e.g. headlines. Earnie -- http://for-my-kids.com/ -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
If you want to be *really* basic about it with no modules, you could just create a block and paste your content directly into it (/admin/build/block/add). I think you'd be much better off creating a Headline node type and using Views as Earnie suggested, however, as it's much cleaner to manage. Alternatively, you can look at something like the Quotes module (http://drupal.org/project/quotes). Brian The Janitor wrote:
26 October 2007 - 07:23 (where I live) support@drupal.org
Hello support,
I'm developing a site using the Abac theme and would like to publish short (say, 3-4 sentences) 'headlines' in the left sidebar. These headlines wouldn't relate to any other story/page.
I can't work out how to do this. Is there a module that does this or can it be done with the basic installation?
Many thanks.
31 October 2007 - 06:53 (where I live) Hi guys Thanks for the suggestions - I'll look into them. Sorry for the delay in replying, I've just returned from a short holiday. -- Best regards, The Janitor mailto:thejanitor@fastmail.fm Flying with The Bat! Professional version 3.99.3 Privileged and/or confidential information and/or copyright material may be contained in this e-mail.If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient you must not copy it,deliver it to anyone else or use it in anyway whatsoever.To do so is prohibited and may be unlawful. Instead, kindly destroy this message and notify the sender by reply e-mail. Fe all fod gwybodaeth freiniol a/neu gyfrinachol a/neu ddeunydd dan amodau hawlfraint y neges e-bost yma. Os nad y chi sydd i fod gael y neges, neu'r un sy'n gyfrifol am ei throsglwyddo, rhaid i chi beidio a'i chopio na'i throsglwyddo i neb un arall na'i defnyddio mewn unrhyw fodd o gwbl. Mae gwaharddiad ar i chi wneud hynny ac efallai y byddech chi'n torri'r gyfraith trwy wneud hynny. Dinistriwch y neges yma ac anfonwch neges e-bost at y sawl a'i hanfonodd i roi gwybod iddo fe. The author recommends NOD32 (www.eset.com) as the most effective and efficient anti-virus software.
02 November 2007 - 07:20 (where I live) Hi all Thanks for the help on this guys. Before I started to investigate the methods suggested, a thought occured to me: "Could I use the 'blog' module?" After all, a blog is really just a list of 'news' items. It works well (in my case only one person can have a blog, which is what I want). Blog entries are 'published' but not 'promoted to front page'. The 'Recent blog posts' block appears in the left sidebar (floated to the top) and renamed 'Latest News'. It means the user clicking a link to the news item rather than reading it directly but I can live with that. Are there any problems with this approach that I've missed? There are two cosmetic issues I'd like some help with: I'd like to limit the number of items (i.e. recent blog posts) shown to less than 10 (the default) and I'd like the link to the "author's blog" link not to be shown. I suspect that these will involve changing some code somewhere. Any clues? Many thanks for your help. -- Best regards, William mailto:thejanitor@fastmail.fm Flying with The Bat! Professional version 3.99.3 Privileged and/or confidential information and/or copyright material may be contained in this e-mail.If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient you must not copy it,deliver it to anyone else or use it in anyway whatsoever.To do so is prohibited and may be unlawful. Instead, kindly destroy this message and notify the sender by reply e-mail. Fe all fod gwybodaeth freiniol a/neu gyfrinachol a/neu ddeunydd dan amodau hawlfraint y neges e-bost yma. Os nad y chi sydd i fod gael y neges, neu'r un sy'n gyfrifol am ei throsglwyddo, rhaid i chi beidio a'i chopio na'i throsglwyddo i neb un arall na'i defnyddio mewn unrhyw fodd o gwbl. Mae gwaharddiad ar i chi wneud hynny ac efallai y byddech chi'n torri'r gyfraith trwy wneud hynny. Dinistriwch y neges yma ac anfonwch neges e-bost at y sawl a'i hanfonodd i roi gwybod iddo fe. The author recommends NOD32 (www.eset.com) as the most effective and efficient anti-virus software.
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