Create a blogroll with views

by Gisle Hannemyr

This chapter explains how to create a "blogroll" (list of links and descriptions). We want a block to show a set number of the links, in a random order. We also want a page to show all of the links and descriptions.

Table of contents

Introduction

The four steps required to create a blogroll based upon views are these.

  1. Create a content type called blogroll_item.
  2. Create the block view.
  3. Enable the block.
  4. Add links to the blogroll.

Detailed recipe

Create a content type called blogroll_item.

Create the block view.

Enable the block.

Add links to the blogroll.

Final word

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Last update: 2015-03-15 [gh].