Drupal 6.10; cck 6.x-2.1 - with different themes tried...

I have installed and enabled cck and default field types.

I have created a content type and wish to add fields to it.

I list the content types and click on manage fields (and sometimes edit out of desperation)

I expect to see a form at the bottom of the manage fields page for the content type to allow me to add fields - but none is available!

On listing content types I can see the cck tabs (Fields, Export, Import) but there is no option under fields to add any - it just tells me I haven't done so yet, which is expected behaviour since I don't have any yet.

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mylesorme commented

One further observation - the page that comes up when clicking "manage fields" seems to be the same as the page that comes up when clicking "edit" - from the content type list that is.

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mylesorme commented

I've set up a localhost and successfully installed cck and can add fields. I've set up a test site on the same server as my production site and here, as on the production site cck does not work. I cannot add fields.

Interestingly the breadcrumbs (garland theme) are not the same on both systems when manage fields is clicked. On the local host the breadcrumb ends with the content type name, not so on the remote server. The url's are the same

Importing from an export created from the local host reports that the content type is created, however no fields are created.

This is bringing me to a halt in more ways than one!

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mylesorme commented
Category: support » bug
Priority: Normal » Critical

I've changed the category to bug, and the status to critical for these reasons -

As far as I can see this is not something I am doing wrong or instruction that I am missing as I can use cck just fine on one server and not at all on another.

It is critical (to me) since it is stopping me providing functionality that users were expecting now and may prevent the development of a community as well as the web site. I don't really have the skills or time away from the day job to develop modules. This would take me days or weeks to do what could be achieved in cck in minutes or hours.

It is a problem that keeps cropping up for a number of other people and has never received a reply.

Please forgive my note of despair - I realise that the only reason I am having the problem is because I want to use this fantastic module, and being negative about the lack of response does seem to be poking heros in the eye.

I am very happy to do the investigation and play with any number of scenarios, but please could someone give me some pointers - I am lost.

So far I have eliminated - themes, corrupt downloads, installation and permission problems, adverse interaction with other modules, and (I think) plain user incompetence.

It seems to be something to do with the server environment - what factors could be influencing this?

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mylesorme commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Upgrade to cck-6.x-2.2 sorted everything out!

Thanks for the amazing work [on all of cck I mean!]

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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

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jflash09 commented
Version: 6.x-2.1 » 6.x-3.x-dev
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

I created a content type called Event and had no way to add a field in the manage fields page. There was no add field option on that page.
I am using Drupal version 6.13 on Ubuntu 9.04. I also am using Virtual box running a lamp server and a desktop to view the drupal database from.

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markus_petrux commented
Version: 6.x-3.x-dev » 6.x-2.1
Category: bug » support
Priority: Critical » Normal
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Make sure you have installed modules that actually provide CCK fields. CCK ships number, text, node reference, etc. or look in contrib.

If that's not the case, then try with Garland as it may be a theme issue.

If that's not the case, then it could be caused by other modules that you have installed. If so, you should try to track this yourself disabling modules until you find the culprit.

Obviously, this is a basic feature. If there was a bug here, there would be a lot of requests about it. So there should be something at your end that's causing CCK to fail here.

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jflash09 commented
Version: 6.x-2.1 » 6.x-3.x-dev

Could it be that I am using the administrator and not a user to do the work. I have not setup a super user yet?

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jflash09 commented

OK. I checked all the modules that ship with CCK it seems like I have everything installed. I have uninstalled the contributed modules image, phone, money and zipcode. I also changed the theme to Bluemarine. No luck so far.

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asimmonds commented

@jflash09: Is there a reason why you are using the experimental branch (3.x-dev) and not a stable release?

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jflash09 commented

I finally found the answer I had the form builder module installed in the core modules directory instead of the sites/al/modules directory
I realized this after I read this article:
http://proofgroup.com/blog/2009/feb/drupal_beware_duplicate_modules

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KingMoore commented

I am having the same problem with 6.x-2.6...

/admin/content/node-type/news/fields

is simply rendering

/admin/content/node-type/news

No way to add fields :/ Looking at other enabled modules I have but not sure what could be causing this problem.

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KingMoore commented

UPDATE:

After much hair pulling and disabling of modules to no avail, I decided to upgrade to the newest version of D6 (being a naughty developer I had slacked off on this). This also required I update my adminmenu module. Now everything is working as it should... IE I can add fields - yay.

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deanflory commented

I had the same thing happening to me and I disabled the Form builder Node UI and the Form builder Webform UI modules and saw the "real" Manage Fields" page for the first time. Doing this gave me a completely different interface that allowed fields to be dragged down from presets (or those already created and added by other modules) as well as the "Add" section towards the bottom of the "Manage Fields" page. There was nothing in the Form Builder Node UI that allowed the selection of a field type like date, file, integer, etc. The Form Builder UI did seem to have fields that could be dragged that would follow you down the page on the right, but that couldn't be drug into place in the form fields lineup to the left. Now, let the DEV begin!