Before we can set up the first view that allows us to see all blog posts on the site, we will need to configure the permissions for the Views module. The Views module has two permissions - Administer views and Bypass views access control ; they can be set at admin/people/permissions#module-views.

These permissions should only be given to very trusted users who have been trained on how to set up views.

Once the permissions have been set and saved, we will take a look at the views currently on the site. They can be seen at admin/structure/views. In this case, we want to create a new view, so we click the Add new view link. The initial page includes a subset of commonly used options; set it up as shown below.

The config options shown in the screencap above are actually all that we need for this initial view. Once the view has been saved, you will be able to navigate to the path set in the config screen (in this example, at articles. This page shows all articles created by anyone on the site, and it includes an rss feed.

In the next step, we will add a Display to this view; this new display will only display posts by a individual users.