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	== Drupal cck views panels ==		== Drupal cck views panels ==

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== Drupal cck views panels ==
Drupal cck views panels Training Materials

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== You ⌘==
* How many of you used Drupal?
* How many of you used Drupal for longer than a year?
* How many of you know PHP/MySQL
* How many of you developed for Durpal
* How many of you know what is the maximum velocity of an unladen swallow?

== CCK ⌘==
[[File:new_field.png]]
* Label and Widget can be change later
* Field name and type cannot be changed later

== Shared Fields ⌘==
[[File:shared_field.png]]
* Allows you to see them in one column in a view or reuse the same code

== Allowed Values ⌘==
* One value per line key|label.
* key is the value that will be stored in the database, and it must match the field storage type (e.g. text)
* The label is optional, and the key will be used as the label if no label is specified.

== Exercise ⌘==
* Create a course_outline content type
* Add field duration as decimal
* Add field course_type as text, widget dropdown
* Course type should be multichoice list:
** evening|Evening
** all_day|All Day
** weekday|Weekday
** weekend|Weekend

== Views ⌘==
* Store information what you want to select
* The same view can generate different queries as the underlying tables do change (e.g. shared fields)
* Can be stored in the:
** database (Normal)
** code (Default)
** both (Overriden)

== Views Displays ⌘==
* Attachment
* Feed
* Page
** have a url and can have menu item
* Block
** Exposed as a block
* Content Pane (Views Content Pane module)
** Used for embedding in a panel
In order to override a setting for a display, click Override setting

== Exercise ⌘==
* Create a view course_outlines
* Add 'Node: Title', 'field_duration' to the view
* Create a menu item in the primary menu

== Exposed Filters ⌘==
* Allow users to change the rules of filtering

== CCK Relations ⌘==
* Node Reference
** relation between a node and a node
* User Reference
** relation between a node and a user (one direction only)
* Modules: entityreference, relation

== LAB ⌘==
* Install 'entityreference' module
* Create 'course_date' content type
* Create a node reference field in 'course_date' content called 'course_outline_ref'
** select Course Outline in the Content types that can be referenced
** required
** number of values: 1
* Create a couple of course dates for outlines and check whether you can navigate from a 'course_date' to a 'course_outline'

== course_outline_ref field ⌘==
[[File:course_outline_ref.png]]

== Panels ⌘==
* Allow to set layout of the page
* Can embed every possible thing in Drupal (nodes, views, minipanels, blocks, cck fields, comments, files and more)

== Lab ⌘==
* Enable panels, page_manager and ctools modules
* Create a new Panel Page
** Administer/Pages/Add custom page

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== Panel Variants ⌘==
* The same URL different layouts and content
* Selection rules can be complex and based on:
** role/permission
** language
** node type
** URL string path
** Anything really (through PHP code)

== Exercise ⌘==
* Anonymous user should see just login form on the front page
* Steps
** Create selection rule for existing variant of the home page panel (User: role == Authenticated)
** Create new variant with selection rule (User: role == Anonymous)
** Rename Variants
** Set up a new panel and test it

=== Home Page Visibility ⌘===
[[File:panel_page_home.png]]

== Node Template ⌘==
* Allow override node pages (node/1)
* Can have different variants (usually for each node type)

== Lab ⌘==
* Override the Course Outline view to show a course outline the way below
[[File:lab.png]]

== Lab Steps part 1 ⌘==

* In Admin/Panels enable Node template
* Edit node template
* Add variant (name it Course Outline View)
* Tick Selection Rules and Create Variant
* In Selection Rules choose Node: type = Course Outline
* Follow the instruction and click Create variant button then save

== Lab Steps part 2 ⌘==
* When you edit the variant, add each field in appropriate region in panels
** Note the Node: content - entire node

== Views Arguments ⌘==
* Allow to filter based on
** from the url
** from the context (panels)

== Passing Argument Via Panels ⌘==
[[File:panels_args.png]]

== Lab Steps ⌘==
* Clone a view course_dates to course_dates_on_course_outline
* Add an argument field_course_outline
* In display content pane in Pane settings the Argument input: Edit set to From context, Required context: Node ID
* Edit panel and add content and View panes, course_dates_on_course_outline
* Choose argument Node being viewed

== Views Relationship ⌘==
* Show Course Date, Duration

== Exercises ⌘==
* Create a view showing field_course_date and field_duration
* Steps
** Create a view CourseDatesDurationVenue
** Filter by Node: type = Course Date
** Create a relation field_course_outline
** Add field_course_date
** Add field_duration, use Course Outline relation

== Exercise ⌘==
* Add the field phone_number to the Venue content type
* Fill out phone for existing venues
* Add the Phone number to the CourseDatesDurationVenue view

== Panels and Relations ⌘==
* Add duration to the course date
* Steps
** Create new variant for the course date in the node templates
** Add the relation ship using node reference to course outline
** Add duration field to the panel content

=== Panels relations ⌘===
[[File:panels_relations.png]]

== Exercises ⌘==
Show Courses in Categories in a tabular form
* Steps
** Create a view CourseOutlinesinCategory
*** Fields: Course Name, Durtiation
*** Argument: Taxonomy term id
*** Configure Argument Input in the Content Pane Display
** Enable view_term template in panel pages
** Create a variant
** Embed the view in the variant

== User Reference ⌘==

== Course Dates on User Profile ⌘==
* Create User Reference field in the Course Date, named it field_trainer
* Assign trainers for course dates
* Override user_view with panels
* Create variant
* Create view CourseDatesonUserProfile
** Argument field_trainer
** Fields: course_dates, course_outline
** Configure Argument Input in Content Pane display
* Embed in the Profile panel

== More Exercises ==

For 10 and 11 use exercises from above.

# Create 2 connected content types related to your work(or company). It should have at least 4 different fields and one of them should referrencing somehow to the other. Create some content having those types.
# Create a view with your content type. Add filtering by one of the fields and expose this filter to the users. Add ordering via headers in table.
# Create view which will show all info about "piece of music" content. Order it by the time of creation descending (from the oldest to the newest).
#* Filter it by kind of music and allow users to use this filter.
#* It should be a table of fields.
#* It shouldn't use any pager.
#* It should show some info about the authors:
#** musician's age,
#** musician desc.
#* It should have at least 30 items to display.
#* It should have link in menu navigation.
#* Make the table sort-able by Album Release Date (Descending by default).
#* Trim the value of Musician Desc to 20 characters.
#* Make sure the labels of table columns are the same as fields labels.
#* Add header and footer to view.
# Create view with swimmers.
# Create view with clothes - it should use jump menu.
# Create a custom panel and set it as your default home page. Use 2 variants. They should depend on themes (Mayo and Bartik). One of them should show only user login for anonymous users.
# Make view News located in left sidebar:
#* it should be a grid with only titles of nodes
#* order it by date of creation, descending (from the oldest one to newest)
# Create a view with musicians. It should also display titles of their songs. Create different instances of view (page, block, rss, exporting stuff - csv, etc)
# Make block with Musicians visible only for anonymous, in every available theme, and only on home page (it should be visible in the right sidebar).
# Make user profile as a panel.
# Make editing of one of content types created by you as a panel.
# For one of your own content types create proper group fields and make them gathered into another accordion group.
# Use context and relationship in the panel.
# Use relationship and argument(s) in the view.
# Create view with the content you've already created (use content types related to your work/company) - use info from both content types but only one should be used as a filter, the second one should be added via entity reference.

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