Question

How can I create a custom block snippet (or download an available module) that would display a selected amount of information about a node in Drupal (6)? (i.e. author, creation date and published status)

I would later make this node available to admin user and only in certain content types, as a mean of seeing node information in-situ while browsing the web only as admin (this part I know how to achieve).

Thank you

Answer 1

You can create a custom block (admin/build/block/add)

Make sure PHP Filter module is enabled already

For your block body select input filter as PHP Code

Add these lines in the body to load node information

<?php
    if(arg(0) == 'node' && is_numeric(arg(1))){
        $node = node_load(arg(1));
        $user = user_load(array('uid' => $node->uid));
        print "Author: " . l($user->name, 'user/' . $node->uid);
        print "Creation date: " . date('m/d/y h:i:s', $node->created);
        print "Publish Status: " . ($node->status) ? "Published" : "Unpublished";
    }
?>