>>> [!note] Migrated issue <!-- Drupal.org comment --> <!-- Migrated from issue #672920. --> Reported by: [MadOverlord](https://www.drupal.org/user/606188) >>> <p>This is not really a feature request, but rather a workaround that provides an easy way to use Views to generate the output for nodes of a particular type (but not other types). I had a need for this and in searching the Views issues found several other people were looking for an answer. So this posting is informational, in the hopes that TNPB (The Next Poor Bastard) won't have to bang his head against the wall figuring out the solution.</p> <p>Problem: You want to use Views to display nodes of type "derf", but not change the display of views of another type.</p> <p>Solution: A combination of a View and a custom node display, as follows:</p> <p>1) Create a view "derf_node" with an argument of type Node: NID and the usual filtering. Get it so it displays things the way you want.</p> <p>2) Find the node.tpl.php file in your theme. Make a copy and name it "node-derf.tpl.php". Open the copy and in it you will find a line that looks like this:</p> <div class="codeblock"> <pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php<br>&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">print </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$content <br>?&gt;</span></span></pre></div> <p>Change this line to something like this:</p> <div class="codeblock"> <pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php<br></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// change these to change what view gets called<br><br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$viewname </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"derf_node"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$display </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"default"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$view_args </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$node</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">nid</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br><br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$view </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">views_get_view</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$viewname</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br><br>if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$view_args </span><span style="color: #007700">!= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">NULL</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br>&nbsp; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$view_args </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">explode</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">','</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$view_args</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br>}<br>else {<br>&nbsp; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$view_args </span><span style="color: #007700">= array();<br>}<br><br>if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$view</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br>&nbsp; print </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$view</span><span style="color: #007700">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">preview</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$display</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$view_args</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br>}<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span></span></pre></div> <p>Save it. Now try redisplaying one of your derf nodes, and shazam, you're seeing it styled by your view.</p> <p>Kudos to mlsamuelson, author of the most useful insert view module, whose code I shamelessly stole when developing this scrofulous little hack.</p>