I've installed this module and think I understand how it works, however I'm not sure why it's needed really? What does it provide that can't already do with just cck and views?

You can already create your own content type, add a node reference to it, and imagefield then list it however you want within views. Am I missing something or a general use case that this was built to address?

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q0rban commented

Hey Jerad! So basically we use this module to do exactly what you're talking about, however

1) You'd actually have to build all those views and set them up how you want
2) You can tease more than just nodes, which you can't do with node reference
3) There is a built in UI for managing your teasers, re-ordering, etc.
4) You can create a teaser immediately after creating content
5) There's a simple UI to create new Teaser Views that wouldn't require the user to directly touch the views UI. It's not fully rounded out yet, but the beginnings are in place.
6) Lot's of other stuff I'm probably forgetting… ;)

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sirkitree commented

Ok, so basically this is a module to do a lot of that manual stuff for you when it's installed and give you an easier time managing the multiple teasers. Cool. It would be helpful to put some of this information on the front page as well I think. Thanks for taking the time to explain this.

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q0rban commented

Ok, how's that? http://drupal.org/project/custom_teasers

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sirkitree commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Looks great!

Probably some other things I'm forgetting. ;) LOL

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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