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@ -44,14 +44,20 @@ The way to add a view to a component is different from the way to create a view.
If you start building a component, you might feel lost if you do not know where you are going. This will help you know if you need to set up these views. [00:16:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h16m48s) You need to add these fields to those views. (This kind of information and knowing how to construct it is something that you need to know before hand.) You can always add more fields and more views. [00:17:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h17m23s) Component Builder cannot decide that for you. You have to create all of these fields before you can add them into a view. This line is seen as one view although when it's compiled, it will represent two views. It is in Component Builder's component back end views. [00:17:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h17m50s) If you start building a component, you might feel lost if you do not know where you are going. This will help you know if you need to set up these views. [00:16:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h16m48s) You need to add these fields to those views. (This kind of information and knowing how to construct it is something that you need to know before hand.) You can always add more fields and more views. [00:17:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h17m23s) Component Builder cannot decide that for you. You have to create all of these fields before you can add them into a view. This line is seen as one view although when it's compiled, it will represent two views. It is in Component Builder's component back end views. [00:17:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h17m50s)
### Name Fields can be reused three times. Default fields are showing you which fields you don't need to add but are added dynamically*. ### Name Fields can be reused three times. Default fields shows which fields don't need to be added but are added dynamically.
These fields will need to be created before they can be added to this view. The name field which you can create once can be reused three times. The hits are already added by default so you don't need to add a hits field. [00:18:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h18m17s) The default fields are showing you which fields you don't need to add but are added dynamically. To each back end view there is a custom back end view. The purpose is that it doesn't directly relate to a single database. This gives you the option of pulling from multiple databases. It is a quick overview on how to get started with a component, modelling the data and displaying it. [00:18:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h18m57s) These fields will need to be created before they can be added to this view. The name field which you can create once can be reused three times. The hits are already added by default so you don't need to add a hits field. [00:18:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h18m17s) The default fields are showing you which fields you don't need to add but are added dynamically. To each back end view there is a custom back end view. The purpose is that it doesn't directly relate to a single database. This gives you the option of pulling from multiple databases. It is a quick overview on how to get started with a component, modelling the data and displaying it. [00:18:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h18m57s)
### Create Admin Views. Create all Fields.
We will start at fields. It seems turned around. You might feel we must start at the component, and then build the views, then build the fields. [00:19:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h19m24s) After having created the component, you can click your own admin views. The first thing you need to create is the admin views. Click new and create an admin view. Again it is just like it was with the component; you are able to set the bare bone information. I usually start at the bottom, and work my way up. [00:20:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h20m02s) I create all the fields, and when I see that there are duplicate fields, I remove them because I know that we had used them. I create fields which I know to be unique. When I come to certain fields, I won't create them initially, like these custom fields. [00:20:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h20m42s) I would separate the custom fields. How do I know it's a custom field? Because the preacher is. I want to pull IDs from the preacher view and mark those custom fields again. I want this field to link to that name; a list of those names. [00:21:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h21m45s) The same goes for the series. We will start at fields. It seems turned around. You might feel we must start at the component, and then build the views, then build the fields. [00:19:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h19m24s) After having created the component, you can click your own admin views. The first thing you need to create is the admin views. Click new and create an admin view. Again it is just like it was with the component; you are able to set the bare bone information. I usually start at the bottom, and work my way up. [00:20:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h20m02s) I create all the fields, and when I see that there are duplicate fields, I remove them because I know that we had used them. I create fields which I know to be unique. When I come to certain fields, I won't create them initially, like these custom fields. [00:20:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h20m42s) I would separate the custom fields. How do I know it's a custom field? Because the preacher is. I want to pull IDs from the preacher view and mark those custom fields again. I want this field to link to that name; a list of those names. [00:21:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h21m45s) The same goes for the series.
### Creating Normal Fields And Creating Back End Views.
In Joomla you can create what is known as custom fields. Component Builder makes provision for you to do so. This is what I would call an advanced field. We will look at advanced custom fields after we've looked at creating normal fields and creating actual back end views. [00:22:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h22m15s) Only then will you understand the implementation of this custom field since it will be linking to back end views value. It is not just linking to a bunch of values, it is linking directly to this back end views value called name, so we can't really create it until we know how this is going to look. In Joomla you can create what is known as custom fields. Component Builder makes provision for you to do so. This is what I would call an advanced field. We will look at advanced custom fields after we've looked at creating normal fields and creating actual back end views. [00:22:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h22m15s) Only then will you understand the implementation of this custom field since it will be linking to back end views value. It is not just linking to a bunch of values, it is linking directly to this back end views value called name, so we can't really create it until we know how this is going to look.
Building a component needs these kind of things [00:22:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h22m51s) to be thought through and mapped out. Some of us might not need to write it down, some of us do. You must come to Component Builder at least knowing partially what you want to achieve and what you want to build. That means you can do a lot of paper planning and do a lot of structuring of your component long before actually getting to Component Builder itself. That is what this [ tutorial was trying to illustrate. [00:23:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h23m33s) If you haven't done this, you might get lost and not know where you are heading when you start mapping the fields, the views, and the things in Component Builder itself. Building a component needs these kind of things [00:22:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h22m51s) to be thought through and mapped out. Some of us might not need to write it down, some of us do. You must come to Component Builder at least knowing partially what you want to achieve and what you want to build. That means you can do a lot of paper planning and do a lot of structuring of your component long before actually getting to Component Builder itself. That is what this [ tutorial was trying to illustrate. [00:23:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h23m33s) If you haven't done this, you might get lost and not know where you are heading when you start mapping the fields, the views, and the things in Component Builder itself.
### Next Tutorial - Illustrating All Fields Which Relate To Back end Views That links To Database Tables.
In the next tutorials we will start looking at field types, and how to use field types to create fields. [00:23:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h23m56s) We will progress to eventually ending up with having this component fully functional and working. We will be illustrating all of these fields as they relate to these back end views that are linked to database tables. [00:24:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h24m22s) Hopefully that will give a good enough insight and understanding of how all this should be done. In the next tutorials we will start looking at field types, and how to use field types to create fields. [00:23:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h23m56s) We will progress to eventually ending up with having this component fully functional and working. We will be illustrating all of these fields as they relate to these back end views that are linked to database tables. [00:24:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgwiVNj6N0&list=PLQRGFI8XZ_wtGvPQZWBfDzzlERLQgpMRE&t=00h24m22s) Hopefully that will give a good enough insight and understanding of how all this should be done.