By volunteermama on

OK. Overall, I'm trying to add weights to nodes. The weight module says to use cck and views. And I searched (I must not be using the right words) and also looked at the cck handbook... it says to enable the core module list (I'm using 5.6) but I dont see cck listed there... is there something wrong with my installation?

And I think I need to add a new "weight" cck field, but I cant find where to do that either, when I go to Administer >> Content management >> content types and select story, there is no "add" option....

I think I just need pointed at the right documentation. Please help! -Someone who much not be using the right key words to search on.

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volunteermama commented

I was looking at the instructions from here:

http://drupal.org/node/101723

Which say to:

Drupal 5.x

You can:

* enable the Content Construction Kit modules at Administer >> Site building >> Modules.
* content types are now managed in core. You can add and edit them at Administer >> Content management >> Content types.
* configure the Content Construction Kit fields by going to Administer >> Content management >> Content types and select a content type to edit. On the edit screen you will see tabs to Manage fields or Add field.

But I dont see anything to enable that says cck. and on the edit screen for the story content type, I dont see any "tabs" for manage fields or add field.

-Confused

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vm commented

cck is a contrib module. it can be found in the CCK category of modules in the downloads area. Drupal core provides hooks for CCK begining with Drupal 5. Thus if you wanted to create a content type with only a title and a body, you can already do so without the CCK.module in administer -> content types -> add content type tab

if you want to expand that, by other fields, you have to add CCK and the CCK addon modules (field types) that you want from the contrib modules.

The tip off should have been that the handbook page you link to about CCK in under the contributed modules section. As such the documentation assumes you've already found and installed CCK.

direct link to CCK module project page = http://drupal.org/project/cck

link to CCK category of downloads = http://drupal.org/project/Modules/category/88

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volunteermama commented

thank you!
I was looking in the alphabetical contrib module list and didn't find a "plain" CFO module ... Then the more I read I saw stuff about being in the core... And i got confused! I'll look at that category link you posted for the CFO module.
Thanks!

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vm commented

CFO.module ?

Don't know what CFO stands for, outside of Chief Financial Officer.

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volunteermama commented

sorry, I am still getting used to the iPhone auto correct and it changed cck to CFO and I didn't catch it.