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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karens commented

Actually I rewrote much of the handbook after the 5.x upgrade so it should not be all that far out of date.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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add1sun commented

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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senpai commented

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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pwolanin commented

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.

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karens commented

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

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Component: Misc » Other documentation issues
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MGParisi commented
Version: » 6.x-1.x-dev
Status: Active » Fixed

Refers to 5.x CCK... Marked as Fixed, since 5.x probably never will get the attention it needs on this front. Also the document is marked as "Needs Updates" so anyone who wants to find the document to improve it can...

Fixed

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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