View (Local Article Feed)

Views are an advanced feature of Drupal sites. The View widget provides the option to add one of these views to a page. Sites using the UMD Terp Templates come pre-configured with a view for displaying a feed of UMD Terp Articles. This feed can be displayed with or without filters to show local, blog, or news type content.

Creating a custom view

These guidelines focus on adding the pre-configured Articles view to a page. Creating custom views is considered an advanced feature of Drupal as they can cause adverse visual effects to any site using the templates. Creating or altering views should only be completed by an experienced drupal developer. Consult the official Drupal documentation on Uses of Views for more information.

Adding an Articles View

1. Follow the instructions to add a new widget to your page (Select: “Add View”), or follow the instructions to edit an existing widget.
2. Enter a Title for your widget that will appear directly above the list of articles.
3. Begin typing “Articles” into the “View” field, and click the word “Articles” that appears directly under the field.
4. The page will load the available options for the Articles View.
5. Select a Display from the dropdown. Each option will display a list of articles, 6 at a time, in chronological order (most recent first), with some added options:
   1. Without Filters: This display will list the latest articles in chronological order without options to filter or search for specific items.
   2. With Filters: This display will provide options for visitors to search for articles by text, or filter articles by specific category and author.

      

      

Recommendations

• Ideally, a developer will add a local article view for you. Below are recommendations for adding local articles without help of a developer:
• Only display the “Articles” view. ​The View widget can display a number of different things; to only show type and select “Articles” in the View field.
• Only select “With Filters” or “Without Filters” for the Display.
• Use the title above your article feed. ​This will help to introduce your content.
• Ask a developer for help if you want to change the number of local articles shown. ​The number of articles shown varies depending on display (with or without filters).

Front-end View (What it looks like)

Back-end View (What the editor sees)