[support] Creating a blog using Drupal 7

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Thank you very much!!  I can see Drupal offers so many options is very 
powerful.  And it comes with a steep learning curve.



On 2014-06-09 07:07, Maina wrote:
> 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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