Summary

Views' ability to rewrite results is one of its most powerful features. Almost any output format can be created in a results rewrite. We started by showing how you can configure a richly formatted link to any content or external site. Then, we did a simple rewrite of content to make the open house display look better, followed by a more complex rewrite to add more information to the property map. Finally, we looked at how to do a conditional rewriting of a value to allow an if-then-else like logic.

In the next chapter, we'll cover the rest of the options in the center column of the view edit page. Custom headers, footers, and special messages if a set of filters (defined, exposed, or contextual) results in no results. Finally, while we looked at the Views pager a little during Chapter 6, Add-on Modules, when we switched to the infinite scroll module, there are various ways of dealing with a larger number of results, such as a view all link or using the powerful pager built into views...