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Alright guys and gals, I’m really going to need some help on this.

I evidently need to make a module of some sorts that will accept
values from on entry, and populate another channels fields through
check boxes.

Let me try explaining it the best that I can. Lets say I have products
(products channel->entries) this will need to have retailers (multiples)
for each product. I see creating a new channel called Retailers, that
will accept three fields, (Title, image, description). Every time a new
retailer is set up, a checkbox for that retailer will show up on all
products entries, and if that checkbox is checked, it will display that
retailers image with the product (~10 retailers shown per product), the
easy part is displaying the retailers and I believe I have that figured
out using this.

{exp:channel:entries channel="products" order_by="random" limit="10"}

  <span id="{retailer_title}" >

{/exp:channel:entries}

Whether I can nest loops like this inside a single entry is yet to be seen.

I do need massive help trying to figure out how to set up the module that will
populate another channel though, any help will be rewarded with beer and love.

Hi ehime,

Whew!

Whether I can nest loops like this inside a single entry is yet to be seen.

No, you can not :-( Channel entries tags can’t be nested.

I think the best idea, and what it sounds like you are really after, is to use relationships. ExpressionEngine has native relationships, but you might need to look into Pixel & Tonic’s Playa for multi-relationships.

Cheers,