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Aug 20, 2008
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Blocks

Blocks Administrations

Block is a small application as a subset of module, that contain certain specific information such as Menu, Online Information or User's Login section. From non technical point of view, blocks will help site owner to locate sections of information in their site pages. Blocks may be placed at different locations on the page, although some will typically be placed at the same location such as Menu block.

Block's menu links

New block: To use blocks you have to create a New Block where all available blocks can be selected from the dropdown list. Each block will has its own configuration depend on the information generated from the module.
View blocks: This link will always bring you back to to Block's administration page.
Show active blocks: This function will filter the display, only active blocks will be shown in the list.
Configure: This function will enables or disables the use of collapsible menu icons and minimize buttons. To use this you have to see if the {block-control} tag is available inside the blocks template file.

Block's List

Order column: You can arrange the order of blocks position in the page area by clicking the arrow buttons.
Position column: This is the block area name inside your page template. The default position are Left, Center and Right area. You can define your own area names from AutoRender administration page.
Title column: Block title name.
Module column: The module name where your block generated the content.
Block name column: Type of blocks.
Block status column: You can de-activate and activate each block from this section.
Action Options column: Edit and delete function.

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