[documentation] [Documentation task] views tutorial: make a new pages block

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Also, this is written in a different style and more informal way than
the rest of the handbook pages.




drupalec



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Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:33:20 +0000 : drupalec

Tutorial #1: Let's make a new pages block
Now let's make a block for new pages.
To add views, you modify one of the default views.
These instructions are for 4.7
 administer -- views
 go down to default views
 look at the row called tracker, click "add"
 click on "Provide Page" to turn it off
 click on block to expand the menu
 click "Provide Block" to put an x in the box
 Leave it on "List View"
 Put "New Pages" in for title
 Put in "10" for "Nodes per block"
 Click on "More" to put an x in the block
Now we will pick the fields.
 The default view for tracker comes with 5 fields.
 We only want the title field, so we'll put the other 4 fields in the
trashcan.
 Click the trashcan icon on the row for node type "Type"
 Do the same for "Author," "Replies," and "Last Post"
 Now for the one field remaining called "Title," erase the word "Title"
from the box called "Label" so the word does not appear 10 times in your
block.
 Click Save.
Go to administer -- blocks.
 Look under the section for disabled blocks.
 Find one called "New Pages"
 Click the box to enable it
 Give it a weight of -10 by clicking on the down arrow next to the
number
 (The -10 means it will be at the very top)
 Leave it on "left sidebar"
 Click on "Save Blocks"
Congratulations. You should now have a new block called "New Pages" on
the left side of your website.




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Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:32:11 +0000 : cel4145

Was there some reason you didn't want to submit this page directly to
the handbook? If so, it helps everyone else if you explain why the
documentation was submitted here (so no one has to ask and then you
have to respond anyway). Know that drupal.org site members can submit
pages directly. The easy way to do it is to visit the page that you
would choose as the parent and then select the "Add child page" option.




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Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:56:40 +0000 : drupalec

Thank you for asking.


http://drupal.org/node/339 says
Rough drafts of new pages or edited pages which are not production
ready--i.e., need feedback and/or additional development--should first
be submitted as an issue to the Documentation project.


It seemed like the two tutorials may not be correctly formatted, or
otherwise need to be edited.  For example, they refer to the "New Pages
Block" on this website, which means the drupalecommerce.com website. 
Had thought the preference is for pages to be submitted as issue first.