| Attribute | Average |
|---|---|
| Features | 4.56 / 5 |
| Reliability | 4.89 / 5 |
| Ease Of Use | 4.11 / 5 |
| Documentation | 4.11 / 5 |
| Vote Count | 9 |
The Content Construction Kit allows you create and customize fields using a web browser. The 4.7x version of CCK creates custom content types and allows you to add custom fields to them. In Drupal 5.x custom content types can be created in core, and CCK allows you to add custom fields to any content... [More...]
| Maintainer: | JonBob |
| Links: | |
| Categories: | Administration, CCK, Content |
| Version | Date | Files | Release notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.x-1.0-alpha | 2008-Apr-25 | Download | Recommended for 6.x |
| 5.x-1.7 | 2008-Apr-29 | Download | Recommended for 5.x |
| 4.7.x-1.6-1 | 2007-Aug-16 | Download | Recommended for 4.7.x |
| 6.x-1.x-dev | 2008-May-14 | Download | Development snapshot |
| 5.x-1.x-dev | 2008-May-07 | Download | Development snapshot |
| 4.7.x-1.x-dev | 2007-Dec-09 | Download | Development snapshot |
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Makes custom content types much easier. Essential module.
The CCK module is probably my favorite module in terms of functionality, but I really don't like the interface.
I know I've used Drupal a lot, so I've gotten used to it, but it's still pretty confusing. Could be better.
but need more documentation
Lets have a look at a car:
With drupal alone, you can make loud noises, with CCK you can make the car comfortable, but with views you can drive!
CCK should be integrated into drupal core as views should be! Both together make it comfortable and easy to create new content types and collect and present data out of the database. But the user interface of both modules needs to be ajaxified asap!
I, too, would like to change the sequence and appearance of all fields, not only of the user created fields!
This is pretty much a must-have module, but using it can be confusing and frustrating. Be careful when installing CCK contrib modules. Try to stick with core CCK functionality if you can.
This module is a must have for any site. Everything ends up being a content type in Drupal, so this makes those more dynamic and powerful.
Content Construction Kit as the name suggest is a module which lets you create custom content except of the regular blog, story and page mainly. It is a must module for any dynamic website that is not centered on a single service like blog or forum. If you need your content to be managed and accessed properly creating various content type as per need is a must with views you can work wonders with the created content.
But CCK is not all good a problem I see is the inability to remove the body field, in some cases we might need a content type that doesn't require a long body field like say a link with no description but title only. So these things can be updated in the next release of CCK. To sum up it is a must have module not that easy to start with but when you get used to it, its hard to survive without.
I'm sure everyone knows of or about CCK, in combination with views and the addon modules for CCK it is one of the most useful modules available to me.
Until views and cck are ported to Drupal 6.1, I wouldn't even think about upgrading to it.
If you are building any site that uses more than just title and body in your node, CCK is a must have. Together with Views, you can slice and dice your content with Views and present any kind of content.
"I got this module working today and it is an excellent addition. Some time back, I tried to install FCKeditor..."
"Little raw around the edges, but what an awesome module! Absolute must if you ever want to allow non-technical..."
