Yesterday we saw the birth of the CCK 3.x dev branch. One of the many exciting new features is the addition of the multigroup module. A multigroup works exactly like a regular fieldgroup in that it allows you to group different widgets together. You can for instance create a custom address group with textfields for the street name, zipcode and city, or a profile group with a nickname textfield and an avatar image upload field. What's new is that you can create a multi-value widget from these groups. So you can now create your own image gallery widget by setting up an image upload field, a title textfield and a description textarea and combining them in a multigroup.

This is another powerful step in eliminating the middleman by allowing administrators and editors full control, not only over the content types, but the widgets as well.