Smart Node Links

This simple module provides a page path to show the latest node in full page view in the same manner as if one were to visit, say, node/123, where 123 is the very latest node created. It queries the db for the max entity_id and redirects to it, automatically presented by its url alias.

How to use

This module adds a new "node path" suffix /latest to display the latest node in full node page view. Additionally, append the content/entity type to get the latest of a certain type. Ex:

• node/latest
• node/latest/article
• node/latest/any-content-type-machine-name

Download and enable the module.

Why this module

The goal of this module is not to reinvent the wheel but to make things simple for new Drupalists. Also, I found no straightforward way of achieving the same: I had tried setting Site Front Page to "node" and leaving the count 1, but the node shown was a Teaser view-- even when I changed Teaser > Body to Default (untrimmed). Have tried a Views approach, but even this "Full Content" view wouldn't invoke all the node hooks of other modules. In the end, what I really needed was a complete and honest Full Node Page view without hardcoding a specific nid/entity_id in the path, and this module was born.

Note: Specifically as a Front Page solution, it should be possible to provide a PHP function as default landing for your site, but why?

Use Case

Set Drupal Front Page to Latest Node in Full Page View

Set site front page to "node/latest/article"
This queries the site db for the latest (by entity_id) entity of type "article" and displays it for the site home page

Share "Latest News" in Emailed links

Share the path to your site as http :// example.com/node/latest/photo (assuming you have a "photo" content type).

Future

With the whole Mayan 2012.12.21 behind us, we can talk about the future of this module: I would like to see:

• Just display the node instead of invoking drupal_goto (which I believe does a clientside redirect)
• Complete user_access. This module currently assumes Anonymous has Can See Content and that the requested "latest" content should be able to be seen.