Editview is a Views plug-in that allows you to create views in which nodes are editable and new nodes can be created. Editview works with or without JavaScript enabled.

Usage

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1. At this moment, editview can only be used on node views (View Type must be set to Node when creating the view).
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2. If you want to be able to add new nodes in the view, set the style to Editview in Basic settings.'). '
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   • You must now indicate what type of node will be added through the new node form and where it will appear.
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   • Make sure all required fields are included in the view, or new nodes will fail validation.
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   • It may be a good idea to provide a Sort criteria of Node: Post date so that when adding new nodes, they appear where users expect them to appear.
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3. If you do not want to add new nodes, select any other style that allows you to set a row style and set the row style to Editview. Alternatively, you can now select not to display the new node form when using the Edtiview style.
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Cookbook

A few example views follow. If you find another useful way to use an Editview, write a quick description and it will be added it here.

Make a view that allows you to edit and create pages on your site

This Editview will show an editable table of page nodes. You can edit their title and body fields, save your changes, delete pages (with confirmation), and create new pages which are then added to the view.

Steps:

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1. Create a new node view, giving it a name and setting its View type to node
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2. In the default display, add Node: title and Node: body fields
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3. In the default display, add a sort criterium on Node: Post date and set it to descending
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4. In the default display, add a filter on Node: type being equal to Page.
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5. Add a Page display
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6. For this page, set within Page Settings the Path to something easy to remember
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7. For this page, set within Basic Settings the Style to Editview. Remember to use the Override button. Set Node Type to Page.
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8. For this page, set within Basic Settings the Access to something sensible. Remember to use the Override button.
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9. Save the view and visit its url.
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View, edit, and add child nodes on a parent node page

This view uses cck, views, and editview to add the ability to see and edit a table of child nodes on a parent node page. We will relate children to parents using a cck node reference field to the child node type.

Steps:

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1. Create the parent and child node types. In this example we will make organisation the parent type, and employee the child type:'). t('
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   1. Create organisation as a cck node type, giving it whatever fields you like.
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   2. Create employee as a ckk node type. One of its fields should be a node reference which you should limit to only be able to access nodes of type organisation. Make sure the node reference is a select list, not an auto-complete text field. We will be relying on not having to enter the reference manually.
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   3. For the node reference field, specify the following code for its default value:'). t('

      if (arg(0) == \'node\' && is_numeric(arg(1))) {
        $organisation = node_load(arg(1));
        if ($organisation->type == \'organisation\') {
          return array(0 => array(\'nid\' => $organisation->nid));
        }
      }
      return array(array());

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   4. At this point you may want to create a few test organisations and assign each one a few employees.
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2. Create a new node view, giving it a name and setting its View type to node:
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1. In the default display, add all employee fields except the node reference fields
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2. In the default display, add a filter on Node: type being equal to employee.
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3. In the default display, add an argument on the node reference field. Select Provide default argument and use Node ID from URL.
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4. Add a Block display and set its name to View Block and its title to Employees.
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5. Add another Block display and set its name to Edit Block and its title to Employees.
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6. For the edit block set within Basic Settings the Style to Editview. Remember to use the Override button. Set Node Type to Employee.
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7. For both blocks, set within Basic Settings the Access to something sensible. Remember to use the Override button.
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3. Go to the blocks admin page and enable both blocks:'). t('
   1. Select a region for the view block. Configure it and select Show if the following PHP code returns TRUE with the following code:'). '

      <?php
        if (arg(0) == \'node\' && is_numeric(arg(1)) && arg(2) == \'\ {
          $node = node_load(arg(1));
          if ($node->type == \'organisation\') {
            return true;
          }
        }
        return false;
        ?>

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   2. Select a region for the edit block. Configure it and select Show if the following PHP code returns TRUE with the following code:'). '

      <?php
        if (arg(0) == \'node\' && is_numeric(arg(1)) && arg(2) == \'edit\') {
          $node = node_load(arg(1));
          if ($node->type == \'organisation\') {
            return true;
          }
        }
        return false;
      ?>

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Now when you go to an organisation node, you will see a table listing all of that organisation\'s employees, and when you click on its edit tab, the list of employees will become editable as well.