Elgg 1.8 Social Networking

Lesson 3: Adding new content to a page

Extending a view is demonstrated in this lesson.

Problem

Instead of modifying an area of a page as in the preceding lesson, you want to add new content. This could be including a "Share this" link under every blog, a welcome message to visitors under the header, or a Twitter feed in the sidebar. What is the best way to do this with Elgg?

Solution

Instead of overriding a view, we can extend it. Extending a view adds our content directly below (or above) the view. This is the easiest way to insert new content into a page.

Example

In our example, we would like to add some tips on how to use the site on each page. A good location for these tips is under the sidebar menu. Currently the sidebar looks like the following ...