Annoucements on the front page

How to place most recent article teasers of a certain magazine column

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THEATRIS had the requirement in the very beginning. kulturis now had a similar idea: Place "announcements" resp. "news" on the front page, not mingled with other great magazine articles.

The option is already there although it might not seem so:

  1. First look up the "Term ID" of the column in question (when you edit the term, you'll see the id as part of the URL)
  2. Edit your front page: add a content element "View"
  3. Select "Related articles", Display "By column - on term page" (yes, even though you are on a content page)
  4. Open "Advanced options"
  5. Enter the (numeric) Term ID as an argument
  6. Optionally reduce the number of items displayed
  7. Save (save as Draft if you are not sure about the result and publish after review)

Demonstration

The following teasers have been placed with this method.

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Teal and orange colored sunset with a woman standing with crossed arms in a lake, holding two burning scythes
Tutorial

Switching to the new design

Preparations checklist

Steps to use the new design in your existing setup and quite some customization options

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Meike Jung
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Bildschirmfoto einer Karte mit Markierungen, darüber aufgeklappt ein Formular zum Filtern
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Using the enhanced maps

How to replace the default locations and/or calendar maps

Step-by-step guide for sitebuilders on how to replace the map-based content with OpenCulturas Map, the new feature in OpenCulturas 2.1.

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Meike Jung
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Can we have more than that?

Now you might want modifications. For example, add a "read more" link to the column's landing page or display the teasers in a slider. This is not provided out of the box but it's possible.

Your administrator needs to add a custom views display. Read more about this in the following article.

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Modifying OpenCulturas views displays

What to consider beforehand

What you should know about OC updates when you plan to make changes to the delivered views displays