Implementing our Headline Region

The third item we will need to address is replacing the static content in our Headline region. Referring back to the mockup, we have a responsive slider, parallax content, and a jump to the menu icon. Tackling the next section will introduce some new steps:

  1. First, we will address the Headline slider, which will require us to build a view to aggregate Headline content using a block display.
  2. Next, we will assign the new block to our Headline region and refactor the markup.
  3. Finally, we will add a JS library for FlexSlider to enable the responsive slider.

Creating our Headline View and Block

Drupal 8 has taken the popular Views module and integrated it into the core module system. We can take advantage of Views to aggregate ...

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