[support] Block Styles

[Tom Holmes Jr.]

Ah ... well, I was looking at the link Bill suggested and as I read 
through the thread, it suggests that I not use the id.
However the thread refers to drupal 4.7, so I am not sure if it still 
applies to 5.5.
Someone on the thread suggested that the id may change if you change the 
position of the block.

I agree with you that I should stick with the css route for simplicity.

sander-martijn wrote:
> You can use either of those options.  the css should go in style.css in 
> your theme folder and the best way to find out the name is to simply 
> view source.  You probably want to do whatever you can in css before 
> messing with the template route.
>
> As for using the template route, what you're finding on page 120 is what 
> you need.  The modulename would be the name of the module you're using. 
>   If you're using the standard menu system I think it will be 
> block-menu.tpl.php or block-menu-1.tpl.php or something along those 
> lines.  Then there is also the option of the region as listed - 
> block-left.tpl.php would target the left region.
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>> I'll stick to the more simple solution of css for now ... how do I 
>> figure out the unique id of the block though.
>> I'm guessing within the block.tpl.php is where I would put this css 
>> data?  That would be fine with me.
>> It's too bad I can't create a block-menu_name.tpl.php, that would be 
>> much simpler and would seem to keep in line with the other standards of 
>> Drupal.
>> According to the Pro Drupal Development book on Page 120, we can do:
>> block-modulename-delta.tpl.php
>> block-modulename.tpl.php
>> block-region.tpl.php
>>
>> Not sure what the 'modulename' is though.
>>     
>>> You also might want to check this out: http://drupal.org/node/74481 -- 
>>> it's a bit dated, but is still pretty relevant.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Ok, thanks!   I will definitely take a look.
>>     
>>> Also, what I'm suggesting assumes that you are displaying your menus via blocks.
>>>   
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>> Yep ... that is what I am doing.   I figure it is the BEST way to do 
>> this since I do have hierarchical menus.
>> I did create one TEST block with just grabbing, cutting/pasting some 
>> HTML (and javascript) code into a block,
>> but that didn't work out so well for my menus.  
>> I think it would be best to use the Menu System rather than create 
>> blocks with HTML.
>>
>> Thanks again for the help!
>>                                                                     Tom
>>     
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> Tom Holmes Jr. wrote:
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>>>       
>>>> Thanks for the help with login page.   I am working on that now, and 
>>>> that seems to be going ok.
>>>>
>>>> Now, I am working on the Menu System, and I have created some new menus.  
>>>>
>>>> This is probably a very easy question ... but for different menus, I'd 
>>>> like to have different styles for different menu names.
>>>> Along that line ... I'd like to have different styles for different blocks.
>>>>
>>>> I am going through on how to make themes, and I am looking online and 
>>>> through my book "Pro Drupal Development"
>>>>
>>>> I may find my answer soon, but if anyone wants to point me to the right 
>>>> direction, that would be great!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>                                  Tom
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