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Scott Blackburn

Limit Views-created block content by node author or current node | Geeks & God - 0 views

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    Scenario One: Limit by author of current node Scenario Two: Limit source to CCK fields in the current node
Scott Blackburn

Views Help: How to get a field to "Link this field to its user" besides username | drup... - 0 views

  • Though one would think the $field object is what we wanted-- the actual object we needed is $row (even though we're only looking at one field in the row). Put the following into the field tpl file to see what the necessary info is: <?phpprint '<pre>';print_r($row);print '</pre>';?> Then, to actually make the link, put the following in your field tpl file: <?php$account = user_load($row->uid);print l($row->profile_values_profile_fullname_value, 'users/' . $account->name);?> Change 'profile_values_profile_fullname_value' to the proper field alias (based on the $row output). Also, be sure to change 'users' to whatever the path is for your user accounts. I also had another thought-- given your use case, you may want to consider the http://drupal.org/project/realname module as well. It will replace usernames with whatever field(s) you designate all over the site. EDIT: I had another thought. I'm not sure of the performance implications of doing a user_load in the template file. Another option is to add the 'User: name' field to the view but exclude it from display. Then you could avoid the user_load and change the code in the tpl file to: <?phpprint l($row->profile_values_profile_fullname_value, 'users/' . $row->users_name);?>
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    theming the field tpl files for Views2
Scott Blackburn

How to make CCK fields do some of the same tricks as taxonomy terms | !&# - 0 views

  • In Drupal, taxonomy.module implements hook_term to provide links among content which shares a given term. Site builders often use this feature to provide indexes and RSS feeds of their content. Taxonomy.module's purpose is to support the creation of controlled vocabularies which we can use to classify our site's content. If taxonomy.module were a prescription drug, this would be its "on-label" or indicated use. Using taxonomy.module vocabularies and terms to store essential data about our content is what I call an "off-label" use. You're not really creating a controlled vocabulary, and the term-node relationship in these cases isn't always classificatory. However, a clever web developer will use the tools that get the job done, and often taxonomy.module is the perfect tool for making this happen. Because this information is essential to your node's content, CCK fields are indicated for this use. However, CCK fields don't have built-in linking among nodes which share values for the same field. Also absent is any built-in RSS feed for a CCK field's value. This requires some theming and Views.
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