I am trying to create a page view that will display content by Content:Title which is part of the node's URL.
I have 3 content-types: Movies, Books, and TV Shows.
Each content type has a path alias matching the [node:content-type:machine-name]/[node:title]/[current-date:custom:Ymd] pattern.
I successfully created a view called movies with a filter on Movies that displays all the nodes with www.example.com/movies/ in the URL. If I click on a node in the Movies view, it displays the content using the node.tpl.php template file.
I added a contextual filter (Content: Title) using Scott Edmonds suggestion.
Contextual Filter for: Content: Title ). When filter is not in URL -> Provide Default Value -> Raw Value from URL -> Path Component=2. Use Path Alias=Checked. Then, When Filter Value is In URL: Specify Validation Criteria= "PHP Code" with the following PHP code: $handler->argument = str_replace("-"," ",$argument); return true; That did the trick. the PHP code converts the dashes to spaces so it can be evaluated correctly.
The result is that when I click on the "Star Trek is Great" post link I am taken to the correct URL, www.example.com/movies/star-trek-great/20130702, but node.tpl.php is the template used instead of views-view--movies.tpl.php.
When I copy the title and paste it into the url, as "www.example.com/movies/Star Trek is Great/20130712" the views template page comes us.
Some where along the way I am missing something. Any help out there?
FYI - I also have simply set the contextual filter on Content:Title with Display all results for the specified field Checked "Override title" and added %1 as the first argument Seleced "lowercase" for the Case PATH Selected "transform spaces to dashes in url"
But nothing worked :(
