VIEWS & EVENTSA brief tutorial

By: Ryan Cross (rcross/#35936)

Introduction

I am not a View Guru

Demonstrate Views & Event Modules

Fresh Install of D5.5

CCK not in scope

Installation

Download modules from Drupal.org

Unzip into /sites/all/modules (or appropriate)

Enable Modules

If necessary - give php more memory

Give PHP more memory

Event Module

Pros:

Provides all the basics for getting events and calendars up on your site

Provides some Views integration

Cons:

Not quite as flexible as using Date/CCK for advanced features

ViewsBasically a GUI interface for SQL selection.

Pros:

Very flexible and robust

Many Modules support it

Views 2 is on the way!

Cons:

Interface is not always very intuitive

My Plug

Messages - Tasks - Milestones - Files - Tags - Forms - People

THANK YOU! Questions?