[development] Summary = teaser?

Larry Garfield larry at garfieldtech.com
Mon Nov 19 20:41:23 UTC 2007


On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:13:00 +0100, "Gábor Hojtsy" <gabor at hojtsy.hu> wrote:
> On Nov 19, 2007 8:26 PM, Shai Gluskin <shai at content2zero.com> wrote:
>> First -- the functionality you describe sounds absolutely wonderful --
>> awesome!
>>
>> I was unable to find the original issue.
>>
>> I just updated to the latest Drupal 6 head and I can't find the "Show
>> summary in full view" checkbox. I thought it would be on node/add or in
> the
>> post settings. Where is it?
>>
>> Is "summary" now its own field?
>>
>> Shai
>>
>> Presumably if the summary field is left blank, Drupal will auto generate
> a
>> teaser as in the past based on the settings at:
> admin/content/node-settings
> 
> Well, instead of presuming, just try how it works. Push the split
> button, see another text field appear, see the check box. It is good
> to do this homework before weighting on the issue :)
> http://www.drupal.org/node/107061
> 
> Gabor

And how many random new users are going to "do their homework" and read a closed issue thread before using Drupal?  If it's confusing for people on this list (*raises his hand*), it's going to be even worse for the "man on the street" user.  

--Larry Garfield



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