Last updated November 3, 2011. Created by dee2006 on January 15, 2007.
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Views is a powerful query builder for Drupal. It's a module that lets you fetch content from the database and present it to the user in ways tailored to your needs: lists, posts, galleries, reports, forum posts. While the learning curve is steeper than in some other modules that do this, Views makes up for it by giving you the freedom to use any terms you want.
Want to display, for example, a list of taxonomy terms in alphabetical order? You can do this in Views but not in the Taxonomy List module, which will only present the information in chronological order.
Views, however, presents many possibilities.
The documentation for Views 2 and Views 3 for Drupal 6 and Drupal 7 is contained within Views module! Install the Advanced Help module to access it.
Screenshot example showing Advanced Help when clicking on the "?".
Which Branch: Views 1, Views 2 or Views 3?
Views 1.x is for Drupal 5 (and earlier). Views 2.x and 3.x are for Drupal 6. Views 3.x is for Drupal 7.