I'm sure this is a very simple question, but I'm new to Drupal and haven't found a solution by the traditional methods of Googling and searching the Drupal home site, so please indulge me.
I've just installed Drupal 7 and am using the Bartik theme.
When I click Structure > Blocks there are a bunch of blocks at the bottom of the page which you can drag to a position corresponding to a region of the page template (Footer, Sidebar 1 etc).
However, when I assign a block to a region, whether by dragging, using the dropdown menu or using the configuration menu against the block, it does not save the assignation.
The block does not appear in the assigned region and when I return to the blocks page, those blocks are back at the bottom of the page, not assigned to a region.
The only blocks that I can make stick are ones that I create myself.
Can anyone point me in the right direction for a solution?
Thank you.
You wrote:
However, when I assign a block to a region, whether by dragging, using
the dropdown menu or using the configuration menu against the block,
it does not save the assignation.
It sounds as if you didn't click "save blocks" after assigning a block to a region - did you? There is a button on the bottom of the page - just below the blocks.
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How do I add a module to a block/region in Drupal 7?
I am starting to format my Drupal 7 site to look like I want it do.
I have an empty block on the home page on the right side that I want to put a module in. I am thinking about a nice accordion menu or tree menu. How do I add a module to a block in Drupal 7?
I am new to Drupal and so I am probably confusing terminologies here.
If I click on Structure -> Blocks in the admin panel I am taken to a page where blocks are assigned to regions
If I click on the hyperlink to "Demonstrate block regions (Porto)", I am shown a page that represents regions (I guess) on the page as yellow fields/blocks and the name assigned to each of them. This is what I am referring to as "blocks" and I suppose this is a misnomer.
Earlier, I was trying to find a way of changing the width of a of a MD Slider and no matter what I tried in the configuration of this (Module?) nothing seemed to work. But then I noticed that could assign this to the "Content" area on the page and put something else in the "Right Sidebar" and this trick managed to change the layout of the page closer to what I was looking for like this:
and the result of my efforts is a home page that looks like this:
Which is getting close to how I want the home page to be arranged. Here, as an example, this is the previous layout I had before switching to the current theme:
Notice the "Navagation" UI control on the right side. This is what I am talking about here. If I add a module, like a tree or accordian, how do I get this to be put in the Blocks page such that it can be added to the region I want, which is the "Right Sidebar"?
I have a WP website which has a home with a top banner and 2 more controllable panel like here.
My question is what is the best way to keep this controllable via admin?
The way I did it was to create two categories by the names "Latest Updates" and "New in 2013!" and then coded it such that the posts coming under the categories gets displayed in their respective panels on the home page. The image as usual controlled via the Featured Image of the post. A pretty basic setup to manage its content via posts to keep the layout intact and at the same time do the task.
I had suggestions where we should keep it right there in WP editor for control i.e. put all the div / ul / li etc. right there in the WP editor using the text part and have the admin control it right from there.
I need to know which method is better for implementation i.e. managing via posts like it is now or keep it right there in the editor and put HTML content in the editor.
All recommendations much appreciated.
Your first one method is correct ,easy and safe.
Safe Because,If accidentally any change in editor then all showing content breaked
I'm new to Drupal and making some changes to an exisiting site.
I have a page with a menu in the left side bar, which shows on all the pages in that menu apart from the one i've added. I've done it before where you have to add the URL of the page you want the menu to show somewhere in the admin panel for the menu to show.
If i go to: site building > blocks > block_name and then tick 'Users cannot control whether or not they see this block.' The menu wil show. But it will also show on pages I don't want it to.
Do you know where in the Admin I need to go to allow the menu to show on this new page.
Thanks in advance.
After hours of hunting around I've found the answer, the block has text box at the bottom of the page 'page specific settings' where you add the URL of the page you wish the block to show on.
You can use menu_block module.
It creates the menu inside a block and treats it EXACTLY like a block.
Hope this helps... Muhammad.
Because a picture tells more than 1000 words.
On the left side, you will see what I need.
On the right side, you see what I already have.
The question:
Is there a possibility for showing all the chapters in a navigation block (or something simular) like a navigationtree ? with collapsible nodes and meanwhile if you click on some of those chapters, the main page changes?
perhaps with jquery?
But I can't find any good documentation whereby I can say, That's what I need.
I hope that someone can help
Kind regards.
Dieter
EDIT : LINK to image --> IMAGE FULL SCREEN
Use the menu block module to solve the left item. Create a base page or content type called History and then the content type that you have your "chapters" add them and set them as a child under the History node. From here create a menu block and set the block on the left sidebar on the pages you want them on.
http://drupal.org/project/menu_block
I have recently started using Drupal but I am having a bit of difficulty editing some blocks. I've gone into the blocks admin menu and I can see a list of all of the different blocks being used and they have the configure option next to them.
If I click configure on some of them, on the next page I am given the 'edit block' box but on others the box doesn't show up (e.g. footer). How can I make the edit box show up or is there another way to edit them?
Thanks for any help.
1] visit this link http://drupal.org/project/block_edit and download module and install it on your site.
2] visit this link to apply setting admin/settings/block_edit.
What actually this module do?
It's provide a edit link on block itself where you are viewing it. Now clicking on edit link will redirect you to specific block edit page. This means need not to go deep inside and find block you want to edit.
Some modules, like the menu module, add blocks with auto-generated content that cannot be edited directly from the blocks admin page. Usually only content blocks added by yourself will have the edit block content option.
Footer will be a menu block, so there will be no editable area. If you want to make changes to the menu you'd need to edit the menu rather than the block.