Thank you for your response.  I did not create the theme in question myself, it's called ABeesParadise.

I did what you suggested, and tried only a couple of the core themes, Garland and Bluemarine.  It's the exact same behavior, so I think this is just how it is.  If so, I think the documentation should be changed to clarify this.

The admin/build/block settings are theme specific, but individual block configuration settings are not (for example, admin/build/block/configure/user/1)  (actually, I don't really understand why my userid is part of the URL...)

So, I can decide which blocks show up in which theme, and where they are placed in each theme, but I can't do the more indepth configuration, like visibility settings. 

Anitha.

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 6:14 AM, KOBA | Hans Rossel <hans.rossel@koba.be> wrote:
Normally you should be able to have your blocks differently setup in
different themes so something is wrong in your theme files or in some
module that influences blocks. Disable your custom themes and see if
it still happens with core themes only. Disable temporary modules that
might influence blocks to see which one it could be. Check the .info
file of your custom theme. Did you create the theme yourself?

Good luck,

Hans

2010/7/24, Anisa <mystavash@animecards.org>:
> I've read through this:
> http://drupal.org/getting-started/6/admin/build/block.  And I've done some
> searching, but I'm still confused, so I'll ask.
>
> When you configure a block (ie, you go into that block's specific
> configuration menu), is that per block, or is it per block, per theme.  I
> thought it should be per block, per theme, but it seems to be per block.
>
> I was having some problems with sidebars in my default theme.  I've posted
> an issue on it, but in the mean time, since the site is just a blog, I took
> the sidebars off the main site.  I still needed them, though, for
> administration purposes.  (I have the admin menu module, but sometimes it's
> nice to have the navigation block).
>
> However, I can't get the block configuration settings to be one theme only.
> If I changed it under A theme, then it was changed under B theme.  I can
> change placement on the page by theme, but not whether it shows on the page
> at all.  I realized a workaround when I remembered I could just set that the
> block only shows on admin pages, and set an admin theme, so that works for
> me.
>
> Is that how it works, or am I missing something?
>
> Anisa.
>


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