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How To Use Display View In Plone
by
Olha Pelishok
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last modified
2010-05-18
This article applies to: Plone 3.0, Plone 2.5, Plone 2.1 Suppose we have the following three pages in the folder Display Test :
Go to the desired folder using Navigation portlet:
Select View tab on a task bar. You see the folder in its standard view - display drop down menu has standard view selected by default.
Let's create one more page in this folder that will be used as default page for it. It will include links to all the other pages of this folder
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Select item which will be displayed as the default page of the folder and save the changes:
The object you set as a default page in the folder "Display Test" is now listed in the display menu:
Custom ViewsDisplay View can be used in custom folderish content types as well. Suppose, we have the content type for curriculum courses management. You can see a folder with two Display Views (Curriculum List and Curriculum Table) and the view can be changed with a single click. There is the Curriculum List Display Viewenabled with a simple listing of subfolders on the screenshot below :
The next screenshot shows the Curriculum Table Display View with data generated by subfolders:
Let's imagine we have a folder with some subfolder, for instance, Blog folder. Suppose, you are not satisfied with the view items you have in your Display drop-down menu. In this case you have the chance to create a new page, manage it using Kupu, and set it as the default page in your Display View.
Add a Page to the folder by performing the following actions:
Otherwise, you can ask Plone developers to create custom DisplayView (dynamic template) desirable for your folder view. If there is a need, Plone developers can create new Display Views (new templates) for Folders, Smart Folders, and other folderish content types for you. Document Actions |