I have installed the "Views header nodes" module 6.x-1.0 but can't get it working so far. The only documentation I found is the introduction on the project page, including

(...) if your view is at /foo/bar then the header is created from the body of the node present at /foo/bar/header, if one is found.

Thus I tried this:
1. I have an existing Node view with a Page display at the path "member_countries", using the country code as an argument. For example, browsing to http://mydomain.tld/member_countries/AT displays all members from Austria (country code AT).
2. I now want the body of a custom page displayed on top of that URL. Thus I have set the URL path of the custom page to "member_countries/AT/header". However, when I reload the URL, nothing has changed. No additional content printed as the header.

What am I missing to get it work as expected?

Thank you!

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roball’s picture

roball commented
Title: Can't get it working » How to get it work
Status: Active » Fixed

Bingo - got it!

What I did was completely correct, however the missing step was:

1. Add a display of type "Header node"
2. At the "Attachment settings" choose "Attach to" and tick the "Page" checkbox.

Thank you for this useful tool! :-)

joachim’s picture

joachim commented
Title: How to get it work » no documentation
Category: support » bug
Status: Fixed » Active

Hmm yes this module is lacking in documentation, sorry.

joachim’s picture

joachim commented
Status: Active » Postponed

#840552 by roball, joachim: Fixed lack of documentation.

Added a readme file.

As for the handbooks, I no longer have ANY idea where to put new documentation since it all changed.

arianek’s picture

arianek commented

if you can let me know what the module does i can try and help sort where it should be.

joachim’s picture

joachim commented

It lets you use nodes as headers or footers for Views. The docs page for this should go somewhere in a section on Views ecosystem modules, if such a thing still exists.

arianek’s picture

arianek commented
Status: Postponed » Active

aha. ok, so i had forgotten all about this until i started digging for the section, but why you can't find this section via URL..... http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/views - i discovered ages ago that the online views docs are no longer maintained and had been archived, and filed an issue here http://drupal.org/node/673228 which nobody's yet had time to address.

the story behind it is that merlinofchaos and other views maintainers put all the views module docs into advanced help built into the module. so i'd really like to reinstate the handbook page, but it needs updating to be pulled from the archive. and then someone will have to keep the views online docs up to date to the views module built-in docs (merlinofchaos has given us his blessing to maintain them, but doesn't have the resources himself to keep both sets up to date).

so....maybe that one's worth marking critical? but it ideally *should* be the parent book page for other views related modules.

until then - you can probably put it with all the views related stuff - there is a section for related contrib modules http://drupal.org/node/264141 (there are several sections, not terribly well organized...only a views 1 theming section)

does that seem like an appropriate home for it?

joachim’s picture

joachim commented

That's perfect thanks!

I did go to the Views project page and follow its documentation link as my first port of call, but as you say, landed on that archive page and was rather confused.

arianek’s picture

arianek commented

great :) welcome! (yes, that really needs addressing, i wish more people would work on the handbooks, i don't have time to do all the core docs!)

roball’s picture

roball commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Fixes since 6.x-1.1

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.