I've installed the views and views_ui modules, but still can't find out how to create menus as tabs (like Support; Handbooks; Forum... across the top of these pages). I have created my content, which I have put into a specific directory in order to get url's with more than one directory (like foo/bar, foo/baz and so on). Unfortunately, the doc for this module is not very clear... and my tabs don't appear. I've created views, and inserted all the URL's as specified; clicked the "provide menu as tab" and so on; still doesn't help.
What's the relation between menus, pages, blocks and views? Do I have to create content (ie. a Page or a Site) for each View I define? Do I have to create blocks for each View? How do I have to organise the menu structures?
Sorry; lots of issues here, but I'm close to fed up with this... :-(
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The tabs across the top of
The tabs across the top of drupal.org are called 'primary links'. Views are not related to them directly; you can turn any normal menu item into a primary link. You have to go to admin/menu and move the item into the 'Primary Links' menu. You also may ahve to go to admin/settings/menu and make sure the Primary Links menu is set up to be your Primary Links Menu (as corny as that sounds). And finally, your theme needs to properly support the output of Primary links.
For Views, when you create a 'page' view (the 'page' field is checked), it is given a URL (and possibly a menu item -- which you have to enable by checking the 'menu' field) it simply appears in your site with that URL. The view should also appear in your menu, which you can then move to your primary links.
Likewise, if you check the 'block' field, and fill out the information in that box, your view will also just appear in admin/blocks. You can then simply enable it and it will appear.
Now, you do have to have content that your View can pick up or the block won't appear.
I hope this helps.
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