How do I display lastest news on the right block?

staino83 - May 27, 2008 - 01:01

Hi,

I have created the drupal template for my new website (new to drupal - converting most of sites to drupal). See template at
debosoft.debosoft.com.au
I want to display the teaser text for stories in the right hand column but I have no idea how I can do that?
Any ideas?
regards
Sam

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VeryMisunderstood - May 27, 2008 - 01:04

investigate the views.module

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thanks for the tip I have

staino83 - May 27, 2008 - 04:36

thanks for the tip
I have installed views - you can see the website now at (i changed URL)
http://debosoft.com.au/demo/debosoft_drupal/

My problem is that I am using stories to display on the right hand side. But the whole entire body is displaying. How do I display just a teaser or the first sentence to the right column?

thanks
Sam

Ok I was able to figure it

staino83 - May 27, 2008 - 07:33

Ok I was able to figure it out. Took some trail and error (remember im a drupal newb)

* Installed views module
* Created a new view
* Selected node
* Changed row style from "field" to "node"
* Added the filter - Node type = story
* Make sure you add the block display and save the block admin name
* Add the new block to the section required
* To display teaser - you need to add the break when creating the story

Not very good instructions i know....but they may help when you are playing around

Regards
Sam

Can also take help of teaser module for that

Piya - August 21, 2008 - 04:03

Which version of drupal you are using...???
If you are using drupal 5.x then there is module named teaser is also present....
if u want you can take a help of it...

 
 

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