Theme Drupal Teasers, Full Nodes and Front Pages
Submitted by Rob Feature on June 8, 2009 - 8:20am
Want to theme your node.tpl.php so that your teasers, full nodes, and front page are laid out differently from each other? Here's the magic pieces of code:
The $teaser variable can be used in your node.tpl.php files to check whether it's currently viewing a full page or a preview. So, your node.tpl might look something like this:
<?php if ($teaser) : ?>
Do Teaser Stuff
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if (!$teaser) : ?>
Do Full Node View Stuff
<?php endif; ?>And, as a bonus tip (today only!) you can also detect the front page teaser views by doing:
<?php if ($teaser && $is_front) : ?>
Do your teaser layout for the front page here
<?php endif; ?>Enjoy!
teaser?
What actually is the teaser in refernce to drupal.
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the simplest way i can sum up
the simplest way i can sum up a teaser is as such.
let's say you have a page full of "news" articles.
usually, you wouldnt want to display the WHOLE article, because, depending on the length of the article, users would have to do a lot of scrolling to get to the next.
so a teaser is (often) the title of the article, and maybe the first paragraph with a (read more)-type button. so that if the context of that first article strikes a users' fancy, he/she can delve into that article.