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jdizzy623

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Custom View
« on: March 25, 2014, 12:13:25 am »
How would one go about showing all movies A-Z, but, also having collections (like Harry Potter) show in the correct order by date within the A-Z view?
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Re: Custom View
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2014, 12:19:19 am »
Which view type?
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jdizzy623

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Re: Custom View
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2014, 09:44:58 am »
I am using Theater view and would use it as a rule.
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Re: Custom View
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2014, 10:36:48 am »
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Re: Custom View
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2014, 11:01:32 am »
I took a simpler approach:

I have two levels in Theater View:
1. The main view is grouped by: TVInfo(SeriesDisplay)
2. The second level is grouped by: formatdate([Date,0],yyyyMMdd) [Name] and displays: [Name]
 
Films are tagged with series information if they are part of a film series. E.g. "Harry Potter", "James Bond", "Indiana Jones" etc.
This way you get an A-Z listing for all titles except those which are part of a series. (the series name is used instead)
When you select the series name, you are presented with a list of those films in the order they were released.
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Re: Custom View
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2014, 12:09:33 pm »
Yep.  There are a whole variety of ways to meet the same need.

There are a TON of other threads about various schemes people have invented for the same purpose.  I think my information in that thread might even be out-of-date for what I do currently.
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jdizzy623

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Re: Custom View
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2014, 12:28:09 pm »
Thanks glynor....

I used method you outlined in video but am not getting sorted by date in episode level which is probably why you mentioned your naming things
Harry Potter 1, Harry Potter 2, etc..

A question, once you have entered expression and saved, how does one get back in to edit the expression?

Also.
I might try the way 6233638 said but am a little confused (doesn't take much)

Basically my setup in Theater view is:
Videos
   Movies
   Recently Added
   TV

Videos is basically just the header.
For what 6233638 describes, where would those 2 expressions go?
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Re: Custom View
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2014, 12:38:57 pm »
Quote from: jdizzy623 on March 25, 2014, 12:28:09 pm
I might try the way 6233638 said but am a little confused (doesn't take much)
Sorry, I should have explained this better - and I just found out something which may be causing those options to not be visible: you must create your views nested below a library item, not a category view for the options to show up.
 
If you add a "Root Library Item" it will add a library view with three nested items below it. Customize one of the nested items with the view you want.
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