how to get the values from views in page template

Question

I created a view (page name 'Archives') to load the following values from all the posts of a particular content type.

Year = field_year
Volume = field_volume
Issue = field_issue

By using views I couldn't get the desired output. So, I created a template file (views-view--archives--page.tpl.php) and wrote the following code. Please see the attached screenshot & code below. Please help me in correcting the code. This would be a great help. Thanks

<ul>
 <?php foreach ($view->style_plugin->rendered_fields as $delta => $item): ?>
  <li>
    <span class="view-header"><?php print $item['field_year']." (volume - ".$item['field_volume'].")"; ?></span>
    <span class="view-issues"><?php print "Issue ".$item['field_issue']; ?></span>
  </li>
 <?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

Answer 1

You should use the Views templates (under Advanced > Other > Theme: Information). It gives several output types. When you create a Views specific template file, it passes a whole bunch of variable/values that you have chosen in your Views to the Views template file. Then you are free to use it like how you want. Read more info at http://views-help.doc.logrus.com/help/views/analyze-theme

Answer 2

You shouldn't need to write a template. This can be done in the views UI.

Click on the year field and select Exclude from display. Then click the volume field and override the output. Using replacement patterns it should be something like [field_year] [field_volume]. Then click settings for your display and select Group by field_volume.

See https://drupal.org/node/1565480