Content Construction Kit (CCK)

The Content Construction Kit allows you to add custom fields to nodes using a web browser.

The D7 version of the contrib CCK package currently contains:

• D6 -> D7 data migration code, see Migrating D6 Content Construction Kit (CCK) to D7 Fields for an explanation of how to upgrade your data.
• some miscellaneous helpers to do things that core will not do, like maintain the PHP code snippets some fields may have been using to define allowed values (partially working)

Integration with other modules:

• Views - all Views field integration is handled by Views in D7.
• Panels - all Panels field integration is handled by Panels in D7.
• Token - see the D7 version of the Token module.
• Devel - the Devel module will handle field generation code in D7.

Everything else is in Drupal 7 core.

CCK Resources

CCK is a very powerful system with many different contributed modules to extend its functionality. Install the Advanced Help module for additional help, and use the Views module to display CCK information in a variety of ways.

Here are a few other comprehensive documentation and tutorial resources to help get you started:

• Text: The CCK Handbook on Drupal.org
• Text: CCK Module basics tutorial
• Video: Adding Fields With CCK video
• Video: CCK & Views Tutorial (for Drupal 5)
• DVD: Learning CCK in-depth training by Lullabot
• Book: Using Drupal O'Reilly covers CCK with lots of examples
• Video: Karen Stevenson's CCK Presentation at the Do It With Drupal Seminar (paid access)