Question

Hello I am trying to generate a Drupal node which would be similar to a feed page generated by views module. I need to generate an xml feed, so I would not want to show the regular drupal template that is showed up on every node. I am trying to understand how the views for feed works as I want to display my page in a similar fashion, without the drupal template. Any suggestions would be great.

Answer 1

In Drupal you can theme any individual page to be completely different than the default template. So, if you have a node, let’s say the url is “node/14“, you can create a new template file called “page-node-14.tpl.php” in your theme folder. In this template you can add any html/xml markup you need. Also, for that specific node you should also create a “node-14.tpl.php” to theme that node’s content.

If you want to display more nodes on a page, something like “taxonomy/term/3” (here you can find all nodes tagged with the term with the ID 3), you have to create a “page-taxonomy-term-3.tpl.php” template in your theme folder. To theme every node from one particular content type, you should create a “node-news.tpl.php” (this is for news node types) in your theme folder.

Please keep in mind that these template suggestions are for Drupal 6. In Drupal 7, the template name changed from “node-news.tpl.php” to “node–news.tpl.php“