[support] Creating a blog using Drupal 7

[Maina]

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 at 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 at 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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