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How to Display a Postcard-Style Grid of Posts in WordPress

All over the web, you will find a design pattern, in which the information about the latest posts or any other kind of listing is presented in a card layout with the post image, its title, and often with a little excerpt of the article.

This visual aid is there for the users. It helps them to view the information quickly, and therefore make the right choice when clicking the “Read more” button.

The Content Views WordPress plugin allows you to configure two more layout styles:

Collapsible list
Scrollable list


You can use this to display a post or page “view” within your content. You can achieve this by using a shortcode that you get when configuring the view. Keep reading to learn how!



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How to Display a Postcards Like Grid of Posts in WordPress

All over the web, you will find a design pattern, in which the information about the latest posts or any other kind of listing is presented in a card layout with the post image, its title, and often with a little excerpt of the article.

This visual aid is there for the users. It helps them to assimilate the information quickly, and therefore make the right choice when clicking the “Read more” button.

The Content Views WordPress plugin allows you to configure two more layout styles:

Collapsible list
Scrollable list


Use them to display a post or page “view” within your content. You can achieve this by using a shortcode that you get when configuring the view. Keep reading to learn how!



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Add Collapsible Blocks to Text-Heavy Nodes in Drupal 8

Long articles with many sections often discourage users from reading. They start reading and usually leave before reaching half of such articles.

To avoid this type of user experience, I recommend to group each section in your article into a collapsible tab. The article reader then will be able to digest the text in smaller pieces.

The Collapse Text Drupal 8 module adds editor filter plugin to your editor. You then will be able to create collapsible text tabs with a tag system similar to HTML.

Read on to learn how to use this module!



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Create a Simple Faceted Search For Your Drupal 8 Site

Creating a faceted search in Drupal implies some configuration steps. This can be overwhelming to people new to Drupal.

The MixItUp Views Drupal 8 module allows you to create a simplified version of a faceted search based on the taxonomies of the content type. It also provides a nice animation, that makes the user experience even better.



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Create a Simple Faceted Search in Your Drupal 8 Site

Creating a faceted search in Drupal implies some configuration steps. This can be overwhelming to people new to Drupal.

The MixItUp Views Drupal 8 module allows you to create a simplified version of a faceted search based on the taxonomies of the content type. It also provides a nice animation, that makes the user experience even better.



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CSS Flexbox #14: How to Build a Card Layout in Flexbox

Card designs are very popular all over the web. You see them on social media sites and online shops.

They are so popular as they present information clearly and understandably.

This tutorial will explain how to create a card layout with CSS Flexbox.



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Add a Zoom Effect to Your Images in Drupal 8

The Intense Drupal 8 module provides a nice whole screen zoom of the images on your site. Keep reading if you want to learn how to install and use this module with a practical example.

Let’s start!



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Add a "Back to Top" Arrow to Your Drupal 8 Site

Sites with long pieces of content or with a long landing page often have a little arrow at the bottom, which helps you get back to the top of the site instead of scrolling the whole way back.

The Back To Top Drupal 8 module helps site-builders who are not yet ready to work with templates or JavaScript to place this kind of button on their sites.

Keep reading to find out how.



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Add a "Back to Top" Arrow to Your Drupal Site

Sites with long pieces of content or with a long landing page often have a little arrow at the bottom, which helps you get back to the top of the site instead of scrolling the whole way back.

The Back To Top Drupal 8 module helps site-builders who are not yet ready to work with templates or JavaScript to place this kind of button on their sites.

Keep reading to find out how. Let’s start!



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Control User Access to Restricted Pages in Drupal 8 with Rabbit Hole

Sometimes, you would want to restrict access to certain pages on your site to users who do not have a specific role. You would want users to upgrade to a paid plan. Or you would just want to collect some more information from them.

The Rabbit Hole module controls what should happen when a user clicks the link to the entity or enters a URL in the address bar. It redirects such users to another page in the site.

The Rabbit Hole module works with different types of entities. They could be nodes, users, taxonomy terms and files, to name a few.

This tutorial will explain the basic usage of this module. Let’s start!



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