Using Features to create module with nested field collections

Question

I'm using Fred Parke's method to create a content type module by first building the content type and then turning it into a feature and exporting it. It works perfectly well, except for when I include field collections that are nested, one inside another. The exported source code doesn't seem to include those, even when I manually select the field_* types for export.

Is it possible to export nested field collections in a feature? If the answer is yes, how can I achieve this?

At this stage, I'm looking at doing it in Wordpress and embedding the result in an iframe, which should tell you how desperate I am.

Answer 1

Turns out I was running into some limitations in the Features export module (including some obscure bugs) and a misunderstanding of part of the return result for hook_node_info. All it took was three solid days of debugging and I got it working. So this one can go away now; given its limited usefulness, I don't mind if an admin wants to just delete the whole question.