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By Old Man on
I'm new to Drupal, having played with a localhost for about a month and just installed a live site. SO MUCH TO LEARN, but pretty happy so far!
My problem: I want to create a template for Stories and Pages that let users insert images and body text without having to format where the teaser break, images and text should go. This would allow multiple authors to create stories and pages that look alike without fussing with tables or HTML code (just try teaching the nice old ladies at the Historical Society how to use HTML!).
It seems this should be easy, but after two days of reading and searching I can't find a module or create a template myself. What am I missing?
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It sounds like you are
It sounds like you are looking for the Content Construction Kit (CCK) and the image field (I would add image cache).
Yes. and as a bonus, get
Yes. and as a bonus, get views.
CCK helps you add fields to help users get info into your website.
Views helps you get information out.
CCK and Views is used on almost every site.
Thank you both for the
Thank you both for the information. I've got CCK, Views and Imagefield installed. I've read the docs, tried a bit of manipulation and got more confused. But your simple explanation, "CCK helps you add fields to help users get info into your website.
Views helps you get information out." made me look at those modules differently. Time to go back and play!