How to display different sets of images per page in sidebar?

Question

I'm trying to show different sets of four images in sidebar depending on which page a visitor is viewing. Aside some trouble I'm wondering whether a proper workflow should be as follows:

1. Create "Four Images" content type set up as a single multiupload image field.
2. Create "These Four Images", "Those Four Images", etc. content.
3. Create as many views as content units in step two set up as a grid block.
4. Add every block to sidebar in Block Design and restrict each block to be displayed using "Visibility->Pages".

So I'm getting a Sidebar in Block Design rapidly filled with four images views. Is there any other cleaner way of doing this?

Answer 1

Create as many views as content units.

Is there any other cleaner way of doing this?

Yes, you do not need to create a View for each of your nodes/pages/content. You can create a dynamic view which automatically passes the Content ID to Views.

1. Create "Four Images" content type set up as a single multiupload image field.
2. Add these "Four Images" to you node.
3. Create a View Block

4. In View, for Fields, add your image

5. Click on Advanced (far right), for Contextual Filter add ID .Provide default value, Content ID from URL. (Note: The view preview will go blank, which is normal, since the View edit page does not have a Content ID.)

6. Go to blocks (/admin/structure/block), and add the View block to a region. For Visibility settings select the content type that you want this to appear in.