Requisite - I am trying to create a news block that pulls content from the site and also points to urls outside the site. I am able to make either one work but not both.
The usual way - When you create a view and list only title and desc ; clicking the title takes you to the node (news page)
However when I use Rewrite results and use the replacement patterns option (this only works when I uncheck the "Link this field to the original piece of content " option.) , it works only if they are urls present. Is there any way to suggest the title to point to the node? I can also set something as default when creating the content type.
Is there any way to make links work as follows - to check if there is any url present (I have mine stored in filed_news_link). If yes then point the title to the external link. If not make it work the usual way - point the title to the node.
Any help or direction is very appreciated.
Thanks!
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This is probably outside the
This is probably outside the scope of the views UI as it is a reasonably complex operation youre doing here.
I normally implement this in the views views-view-fields--VIEW-NAME.tpl.php file. It works just like any other template file. I fyou just drop ina file containing the code youll fiund by clicking on "Theme: Information" in your view edit screen you can probably figure out the rest if you know a little php. The views row and output are all available for you there.
There might also be a "php field" style solution if you are deadset on encapsulating it in a view object.