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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The Date Module is *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>very</span></b>* useful for this. You can set it up to
define its “granularity” (i.e. I use it for the same purpose and
only define year and month.) You have lots of control over the display and
input formats, and you can use the field for sorting or filtering.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I wish that I knew about this module from
the start. :-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The only problem is that since I specify
that the display is “F Y” (i.e. November 2007), if I don’t
enter a month, it’ll show up as “January.” There may be a way
to fix that, but it isn’t high on my priority list yet.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sharon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Webmistress<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>www.jvibe.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Sarah.Vardy@student.griffith.edu.au<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, November 28, 2007
1:33 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> support@drupal.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [support] CCK Common
Fields</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Can anyone tell me how to set up metadata fields with cck in the first
place?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I want to set a year and a month metadata field for a custom content
type called News article.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Any help would be great.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Sarah =)<br>
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----- Original Message -----<br>
From: Shyamala <shyamala@netlinkindia.com><br>
Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 4:22 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [support] CCK Common Fields<br>
To: support@drupal.org<br>
<br>
> You can predefine the date_created, date_modified, <br>
> user_created, <br>
> user_modified, url<br>
> values for both content type, use, computed field, or pass <br>
> values to the <br>
> create form to populate these fields.<br>
> <br>
> These are possibilities. If you could elaborate on the when the <br>
> two content <br>
> types are created and how they are linked. What is the order of <br>
> creation... <br>
> I could help.<br>
> <br>
> Shyamala<br>
> ----- Original Message ----- <br>
> From: "Tom Holmes Jr." <tom@tomholmes.net><br>
> To: <support@drupal.org><br>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:27 AM<br>
> Subject: [support] CCK Common Fields<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> > I'm looking to implement Drupal 5.3 and I'm going to be using <br>
> the CCK to<br>
> > create some different content types.<br>
> ><br>
> > Two or more of my content types will have the same metadata <br>
> field names<br>
> > and types:<br>
> > for example: date_created, date_modified, user_created, <br>
> user_modified, url<br>
> ><br>
> > Is there a way I can set this up so that my content types will <br>
> ALWAYS> get these shared fields ...<br>
> > or do I just have to setup those fields seperately with each content<br>
> > type I create?<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks!<br>
>
>
Tom<br>
> ><br>
> > -- <br>
> > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] <br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]<br>
> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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