[support] Arranging multiple blocks in custom region

Gerald Klein jk at zognet.com
Sun Apr 15 17:26:09 UTC 2012


Not knowing what your code is, I would have to say you need to look for
broken html if sections are bleeding into each other, as far as the other
alternatives, you can create 2 regions side by side that you populate also.
But I am curious why is the suggested solutions not usable?

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Hakan <agents at meddatainc.com> wrote:

> Using Drupal 7 I am customizing the front page on a web site I am
> developing for my own (commercial) use. I used the Zen theme as a base,
> created a subtheme etc. which went well. After creating a tpl.php file
> just for the front page, I have now added a custom region (between the
> main content and the footer) and added three blocks to this custom
> region using the Block Administration page of the theme. Using weights
> I can arrange the order of the three blocks I have, provided I want
> them one below the other.
>
> However, I want them side-by-side and I want each block to have some
> custom formatting. After Googling the drupal site I found this link
> http://drupal.org/node/1151704 which seems to address my problem.
>
> Since I am new to Drupal I thought I would see if there are any other
> solutions beside the one in the link? I should also add that before
> adding the custom region I had added custom PHP code (and corresponding
> statements in a CSS file) to place the three blocks approximately where
> I wanted them on the page. However, while they were separated from the
> main content region, no matter what I did the Footer got intermixed
> with my block content, hence the Googling described above.
>
> Suggestions greatly appreciated! Thanks.
>
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