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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I believe this is the case on the blocks
page because you have to be rendering the selected theme to correctly display
where the blocks would show up in the theme (ie. the yellow parts that have the
block region name in them). They wouldn’t render at all if still showing
the garland theme.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Greg<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>William Smith<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 10, 2007
11:02 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> support@drupal.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [support] how to add
blocks to place in regions on my home page</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Yeah, I've noticed that
on D5 as well .. there are a couple of admin pages (the blocks page included)
that don't seem to use the specified admin theme. It's never been a big
problem for me, so I haven't looked into it, but I imagine that there is some
information regarding this on <a href="http://drupal.org">drupal.org</a> if you
were to poke around. Or maybe someone else on the list can explain why
this is the case.<br>
<br>
Anyways, I'm glad that adding $tabs helped you out!<br>
<br>
William<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 8/10/07, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sarah
Adams</span></b> <<a href="mailto:mr.sanders@geekjock.ca">mr.sanders@geekjock.ca</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>> 2) How do I create a new block and ensure
that it is editable by the<br>
> site owner? I've seen mention a few times that I
should to to<br>
> "administer > blocks > add block"
but I don't see this option in my site <br>
> admin; the closest thing to it is "administer
> site building > blocks",<br>
> but this page does not include an "add
block" function.<br>
><br>
><br>
> It really should have an add block function. There should be
two <br>
> options at the top - "List" and "Add
block". What theme is your backend<br>
> admin area using? If you are using a custom theme, it is
possible that<br>
> it isn't printing out $tabs as it should. <br>
<br>
<br>
I think that is definitely the problem. I'm using the garland theme for<br>
the admin, but the blocks admin page shows up using the custom theme (as<br>
does the add content page). Unless there is a way to force these pages <br>
to also use the admin theme, I guess I'll have to add the $tabs to my<br>
custom theme...<br>
<br>
OK, so I edited my theme to output $tabs, and that helps a lot! Now I<br>
see the "Add block" tab :) Seems weird that it keeps jumping back and
<br>
forth between using the admin theme and my custom theme - when I click<br>
"Add block" it switches back to the admin theme.<br>
<br>
--<br>
sarah <st1:place w:st="on">adams</st1:place><br>
web developer & programmer<br>
portfolio: <a href="http://sarah.designshift.com">http://sarah.designshift.com</a><br>
blog: <a href="http://hardedge.ca">http://hardedge.ca</a><br>
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