Views 00 - IntroductionThe Views module is a powerful query building tool that allow site administrators to dynamically select and display content as well as format its presentation. In this series, we'll take a look at the default views that come with the Views module and how to modify them. Throughout the series we'll be exploring the entirety of the Views user interface. And we'll create a fictional shoe shop and start off by displaying our products in a grid. We'll cover the basics of adding Fields, Filters and Sort Criteria as well as more advanced topics like Relationships and Contextual Filters. We'll take a look at the various display types that come with views Including page, block, feed and attachment And we'll finish up by taking a look at how to you export and import a View from one installation to another. The Views module is the most downloaded contributed module according to Drupal statistics. Many would agree that building a Drupal site without the Views module will be virtually useless. In fact it's so widely use, that it will be included in Drupal 8 Core. But since Drupal 8 isn't out yet, this series will cover how to use Views in Drupal 7.
