Why this module ?
This module won't be probably used by a lot of people but I needed it in my own personnal project, so, I'm releasing the source.
I needed to create blocks who display one random block and also one showing a slideshow of random blocks.
Those random blocks were from Views, custom blocks, etc etc.
Creating a custom module to display random blocks would have been much easier, but I wanted to use Views, so I can configure much more things.
Maybe there are some other solutions, but the best solution I found was to use Bean and this module.
I've created a Bean block type with a "Views field" field, which allows me to include the result of a view in the block.
Then, I've created a new View, listing the Block entities (from Bean), using the "Block row" row style, selecting the field for the title and for the content and I was done.
If you find this module worthless because you have a better idea on how to do that, please, let me know !
Use cases
- You want to display a list of results displayed as system block.
- You want to display a block at random in a block (I know that sounds weird, but it works!)
- You want to display a slideshow of random blocks.
This module provides
- A Views row plugin: "Block row"
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Project information
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- Created by Pol on , updated
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