What would drupal do? shows us how to build a personal node tracker just like theirs..
Well it all worked pretty well ... no coding just CCK and views... except for the theming.
print_r is your friend
Formatting, Hiding, and Showing Fields
I would like to also test out the Content Templates module on drupal.org
I have one small issue before I roll it out ... it just got too late last night
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May as well look at the
May as well look at the Content Templates issues log to learn something
Joe Moraca
What sort of trouble did you
What sort of trouble did you run into with the theming?
(also a cool thing -- if you have the devel module installed, you can use dprint_r which is like print_r but with a licely formatted output)