11. Drupal Views Explained

Views is the most popular module in Drupal. It’s estimated that more than 75 percent of Drupal sites use Views. In fact, Views is so close to being an indispensable module that it will become part of Drupal 8.

So, why is Views so popular?

Because Views enables you to do many things that you can’t do with default Drupal. Here are some examples:

Image Display: Views enables you to create your own pages, blocks, RSS feeds, and more.

Image Format: With default Drupal, you can display content only in a blog format, as with your current ...

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