I'm using nodereference to link images to articles, and I'm wondering how to best display the images (stored in imagefields in the referenced nodes) in my article nodes, using DS/ND:

- I could use a node template for the image nodes that prints only the imagefield, and put the field in my ND lay-out using an appropriate build mode for the image nodes.
- I could write a DS code field that loads the referenced node and outputs it how I want to.
- I could do something similar with a custom formatter.
- I could use Views to create a block and use that in DS.
- ...

Any other/better/easier ways to tackle this? What would be the preferred way to go?

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swentel commented

Node references should popup as a field and the formatter have all possible build modes (CCK and node reference support is with ND CCK through the nd_contrib project) . You could create a new build mode for that node type and configure it how you want it too look like. That's how we do it most of the time.

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Cool, that worked great :) Thanks.

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Status: Active » Fixed
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brunodbo
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Status: Fixed » Active

Just a quick follow up question: to link the referenced image to the referencing node (eg. thumbnails in a teaser list), should I go for a custom formatter? Or is there another way to do that?

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Status: Active » Fixed

Custom formatter it is :)

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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bolecha commented

Sorry to reopen the issue, but I have a similar question.

What if the article is linked to several images and I want to determine the order in which the images are displayed?
How to do that?

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bolecha commented

I found the solution here:

http://groups.drupal.org/node/56933#comment-165178