I have a site with two blocks of rotor items.

How can i assign specific items to specific rotor blocks?

e.g.:
Block 1: top of the site
Block 2: sidebar

Items 1,2,3,... should show up in Block1
Items a,b,c... (different size) should show up in Block 2

I guess the answer is simple, but i can't seem to figure it out, sorry

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LukM’s picture

LukM commented
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Found it :-)
Had to add a selection field, and make the selection in Views

technobrarygeek’s picture

technobrarygeek commented

Would you mind outlining the steps you took? I am clueless (at the moment) when it comes to adding fields, etc. I assume this is done under admin/content/node-type/rotor-item/fields. After that I am stumped.

Thanks a TON

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technobrarygeek commented
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I am in the process of teaching myself Views, but until I get that figured out, I am stymied. I have a number of public library sites who are interested in having multiple rotor blocks with differing content, i.e. one rotating through new adult fiction vs one rotating new kid's books, etc.

I have tried to work out LukM's previous comment without success. I understand how to edit the appearance and functionality of the first block in Views. I can clone that view to create additional views for additional blocks.

What I cannot divine is where to create the selection field and therefore how to use it to select which rotor block should display which rotor item.

This would be an OUTSTANDING addition to the documentation "Configure a Rotor Banner using the Views Module"

I apologize if I have missed this in my searching, and would be grateful to anyone pointing me to the location.

Bill

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rooby commented
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1. Create a vocabulary called "Rotor category" or something similar and add terms like "Top of site", Sidebar", "footer" or whatever categorisations you want.

2. For your rotor items, select the term(s) that are relevant to your rotor item.

3. In your views, filter each block by the relevant taxonomy term.

technobrarygeek’s picture

technobrarygeek commented

Thanks rooby I will try this first thing tomorrow!

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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