By KGracey on

I have this so far:
I've created an "Event" content type. I also have a "News" content type that has a node reference field for Event, so that I can post separate news stories about an upcoming event.

Here's what I'm trying to get working:
When you click on an Event and go to it's node, I'd like a view to show up, listing all of the 'News' items that have referenced that particular node.

So in a way, its like a reverse node reference. The view needs to be able to tell what node it is on to pull the correct news stories that reference that event. I think I understand the basic structure of what needs to happen, I'm just not sure if its even possible or where to begin.

Any ideas?

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criznach’s picture

criznach commented

I'd start with "views attach". It allows you to create a views display that's attached to certain node type(s). You can then add a Node ID argument who's default is pulled from the current URL.

http://www.trailheadinteractive.com

KGracey’s picture

KGracey commented

Awesome. I think thats the missing piece! I'll give it a shot and see how it works.

Thank you!

criznach’s picture

criznach commented

It will be helpful to use the preview feature in views because you can specify a node id and see the preview without leaving the edit view page.

http://www.trailheadinteractive.com

badrun’s picture

badrun commented

You need Views to create the news listing.

To make the news listing shows in your event node, there are 3 ways:
1. Use views attach.
2. Use EVA (Entity Views Attachment) module (http://drupal.org/project/eva)
3. Make the news listing into block and shows it on the event node.

There are some helpful video tutorials for this matter.
Drupal 6 -> http://mustardseedmedia.com/podcast/episode37
Drupal 7 -> http://www.torontowebsitedeveloper.com/drupal-video-tutorials/drupal-7-n...

nevets’s picture

nevets commented

You could also add a Node Referrer field to the Event content type. It provides a back reference and can display the related content when viewing a node.

KGracey’s picture

KGracey commented

Hey guys, thanks for the responses. Criznach's response in the first comment was EXACTLY what I was looking for!

For anyone looking to do this, I used the video tutorial badrun posted to explain the arguments I needed and the basic structure:
http://mustardseedmedia.com/podcast/episode37

Thanks again!

criznach’s picture

criznach commented

Glad I could help. I got this technique from the lullabot image gallery tutorial. It does something similar.

http://www.trailheadinteractive.com