By Anonymous (not verified) on

After reading "Creating modules - a tutorial: Drupal 6.x" (http://drupal.org/node/206753) I understand how to create a Block module.
I've already done that.

Now I need to create a Node module.
After reading "Create new content-type for Drupal 6.x" (http://drupal.org/node/231019) I'm none the wiser.
This "tutorial" is not as intuitive as the previous one.

I found a grate page regarding building a Node Module Skeleton (http://www.leveltendesign.com/codesnippet/drupal-node-module-skeleton).

But it's provides no explanations.

Can anyone explain, or point me to tutorials that will help me make a node module?

Cheers!

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

Got a few questions on the IRC.

(...) Block modules create abbreviated content that is typically (but not always, and not required to be) displayed along the left or right side of a page. Node modules generate full page content (such as blog, forum, or book pages).

I'm not trying to create content type.
And I'm not trying to create a module that creates content type :)

My site has a top region and a main region.

I want to create a module that outputs information in the main region.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

Another note:

I do not wish to display the content of the module through Blocks.
I want to output the content within defined regions.

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Strictly speaking to create a new content type on Drupal you do not need to create a module and with the CCK and Views modules there aren't many reasons to write a module that provides a content type. You can add a content type from here... /admin/content/types/add

CCK will add custom fields to your node type and Views will allow you list your content in blocks and pages.

Hope this helps

Alex Pott

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aitala commented

The tutorial for Drupal 6 - http://drupal.org/node/231019 - basically shows you how to build a new module which has a new content type. As the other commenter noted, in many cases all you need is CCK and Views to add fields to a new content type that you define in the 'Content Types' admin area.

Eric

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