[support] Block Styles

[sander-martijn]

you can usually do the css without using the id.  I can vouch that in 5 
it can still be an issue.  I recently installed block cache on a site 
for performance (it's quite an impressive improvement btw) and the whole 
site fell apart because all the ids changed.  I had to go through and 
edit all the css finding the new names and adding them in.  Was quite a 
pain.

Tom Holmes Jr. wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   
>>> 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.
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>> 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:
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>>>> 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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