[support] CCK Common Fields

[Tom Holmes Jr.]

Thanks everyone for the very helpful information.     I'm just starting 
with the CCK and it's a learning experience.  
I'm gonna use it on my laptop and get used to it before I use it at work 
on my work test system.

If I create one content type, and setup fields, the next content type 
will get to choose some of those same fields.
Hence after adding 50 content types ... many of the content types will 
have unique fields particular to that content type.
Also many of the content types, and in my case, ALL the content types, 
will have 4 or 5 of the same fields.

If that's the way it works, I am happy with that.  
I am not gonna recommend drupal changes the way CCK works .... no 
way!    :-D

I've looked at other CMS systems where the content data is stored in XML 
data, and content types are object-oriented.
That means you create a common content type with shared fields, and then 
every other content type extends that one.

Just different ways of handling content ... but again, I was just 
curious how CCK works like that.
Thanks again for all the information!             Viva la Drupal!    ;-)

                                                                       
                                    Tom

                                                               

Tom Holmes Jr. wrote:
> I'm looking to implement Drupal 5.3 and I'm going to be using the CCK to 
> create some different content types.
>
> Two or more of my content types will have the same metadata field names 
> and types:
> for example: date_created, date_modified, user_created, user_modified, url
>
> Is there a way I can set this up so that my content types will ALWAYS 
> get these shared fields ...
> or do I just have to setup those fields seperately with each content 
> type I create?
>
> Thanks!
>                           Tom
>
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