By sgprs on

Hey,

So I'm looking for a good module that will display recent content... but is configurable by content type. I've seen a few here and there, but haven't found any that will let me filter by content type. Anyone have any ideas?

Much appreciated!

Chris

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petersim’s picture

petersim commented

Why not use Views?

Create a view to list content sorted by creation date, apply your content type filter (and any other filters you want) and you're done.

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sgprs commented

Thanks, Peter. Yeah, I actually thought about views, but adding a mod would be a bit easier as, unfortunately, views is not the easiest thing to work with. The owner of the site I'm doing has zero knowledge of views... and they will be maintaining it, not me. So I was looking for something that they'd be able to easily edit themselves. Views is definitely not for the newbie. Found one mod, but it's not really doing exactly what I want.

If all else fails, I'll just use views. Thanks for the help, though... I appreciate it!

Happy Holidays!

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CraftyDevon commented

Hey there,
Why not pre-configure your view, and then provide a simple set of instructions to change the content it displays? It's very simple to set up a few filters. When your "client" is ready to make a new display, the simply add their filter, and walla, they have it?

This could also offer them a good way to dabble in learning views, once you take a look see, and see how it's setup, you can do a lot.

Happy Holidays
Devon

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sgprs commented

Hey Devon,

Excellent! Works like a charm. I should've known this... but I have to admit that although I've been developing with Drupal for two years, I just recently began dabbling in Views (yeah, I know... it's a shame!). Now that I have, I can't believe I lived without it. Views and CCk... the two must-haves for Drupal.

Anyway, I think I can get the client to go with this route since it's really easy.

Thanks so much for the help!

And Happy Holidays to you too
Chris