This screencast is a part of the Learn Views with NodeOne screencast series. It presents the concept of *default values for contextual filters, and comments on why using default values is a bad idea from an architectural point of view.*
This screencast covers the following topics:
- What default contextual filter values are
- How to set default contextual filter values
- Some examples of extra settings for default contextual filter value
- Some words about why it is a bad idea to let the view make assumption about the context where it is embedded
- Some more words about why it is a bad idea to let the view make assumption about the context where it is embedded
- Some words about using default contextual filter values when creating Views blocks
Want more? Check out the next episode – Some special handlers – subscribe to the series' RSS feed, or take a look at the complete list of screencasts in this series.
Please note that this screencast series was produced during a short period of time, and may contain parts that appear (and are!) unprepared. Sorry about this. Also, the View version used is in development stage and still contains some bugs. That's life in the front line!
Currently there is no official documentation for the Views 3 module, but you can always read more about Views on the Views project page at drupal.org. If you want to help out with making Views better, please consider answering support questions in the Views issue queue!