The default teaser view is not always desireable on a node's block. The author may wish to use a graphic, more suggestive text, etc.

By adding an optional textarea to the "Provide a block" section, you can permit authors to add block-specific content. If this field is empty, the default node teaser view can be used instead.

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chud’s picture

chud commented

I would recommend the excerpt module for this purpose... would make a great companion to nodeasblock because it gives you full control over the teaser instead of letting drupal guess where to split the article. Also, you can have a completely different teaser from the body.

allie micka’s picture

allie micka
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Having excerpt beautify teasers is a separate issue from having nodeasblock use content other than a teaser.

The feedback we've gotten from people is that they want to use something that is NOT the teaser in the block's content. As per my original report, "The default teaser view is not always desireable on a node's block. The author may wish to use a graphic, more suggestive text, etc."

With this feature request in place, the excerpt module could still do its handiwork on un-customized node blocks.

mfredrickson’s picture

mfredrickson commented
Version: 4.7.x-1.x-dev » 5.x-1.0

I like CCK's new "Display Fields" tab. I'd like to meet this requirement by having another column on that tab. Headers such as Full, Teaser, Block. The trick will be integrating with that.