[documentation] [Documentation task] Update/clean up CCK handbook

[KarenS]

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http://drupal.org/node/127353
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 Project:      Documentation
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 Component:    Misc
 Category:     tasks
 Priority:     normal
 Assigned to:  add1sun
 Reported by:  add1sun
 Updated by:   KarenS
 Status:       active

Absolutely, a link to the Lullabot article is a good idea.




KarenS



Previous comments:
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Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:16:04 +0000 : add1sun

There are a number of comments in the CCK handbook
(http://drupal.org/modules/cck/documentation) that should be rolled in
or just deleted (support).  Notably the handbook was written during 4.7
and a number of things changed as it was incorporated into core.


I'm assigning this to myself but anyone that wants to help (especially
CCK-knowledgeable folks) feel free!




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Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:26:21 +0000 : KarenS

Actually I rewrote much of the handbook after the 5.x upgrade so it
should not be all that far out of date. There definitely are comments
that need to be deleted because they no longer make any sense. There are
also comments that are incorrect which should *not* be incorporated. I
was hoping to find time to get back to this, but haven't so far. I have
no ability to remove comments, so that was one thing I couldn't fix.




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Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:26:36 +0000 : add1sun

I've only actually been looking at the Themers section so far and a few
things stuck out, so that's great that it really is generally more
updated than I thought.  Specifically I was looking at things like
node-content_example.tpl.php vs node-example.tpl.php (which I have since
added to that page) and the discussion of pulling an individual field is
somewhat confusing but I came across this in a forum post:


$node->content['field_whatever']['#value']
gives you a block element with labels as defined in your content type


$node->field_whatever[0]['view']
gives you an inline element with no labels


As comments get rolled into a page I normally just create an issue for
the site admins to delete them for me.  I'm certainly not going to roll
things in/edit them unless I feel they are correct, that is, if I don't
know - I'm leaving them alone. Anyway that I can help you out  with
editing please let me know since I know you are quite busy.




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Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:22:09 +0000 : Senpai

Would RobertDouglas' new article on CCK be of any use while editing this
Book?
http://www.lullabot.com/articles/an_introduction_to_the_content_construc...




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Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:31:54 +0000 : pwolanin

That lullabot article is excellent.  I added a link to it on this page:


http://drupal.org/node/101742


- but please move/remove it if that's not appropriate.