Configuring blocks to show on different pages depending on theme
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.
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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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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Anisa ha scritto:
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. Hi, I think that solution to your problem could be Multiblock module (http://drupal.org/project/multiblock):
Drupal's block module is limited by the fact that a block can only have one instance. Each block has a 1:1 relationship with its region, weight, visibility (and other) settings. This means that it is impossible to have blocks in multiple regions or to have blocks that have different settings on different pages. MultiBlock module solves this problem by allowing you to create multiple Block Instances of already existing blocks. Please read the README for more information. M. -- Michel 'ZioBudda' Morelli michel@ziobuddalabs.it Sviluppo applicazioni CMS DRUPAL e web dinamiche (LAMP+Ajax) Telefono: 0200619074 Telefono Cell: +39-3939890025 -- Fax: +39-0291390660 http://www.ziobudda.net ICQ: 58351764 http://www.ziobuddalabs.it Skype: zio_budda http://www.ziodrupal.net MSN: michel@ziobuddalabs.it JABBER: michel@ziobuddalabs.it
Oh oh oh! Just to add to this, I wrote a handbook page describing that behaviour if multiblock doesn't quite cover your function :) http://drupal.org/node/799494 Anthony. On 6:59 AM, Michel Morelli wrote:
Anisa ha scritto:
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. Hi, I think that solution to your problem could be Multiblock module (http://drupal.org/project/multiblock):
Drupal's block module is limited by the fact that a block can only have one instance. Each block has a 1:1 relationship with its region, weight, visibility (and other) settings. This means that it is impossible to have blocks in multiple regions or to have blocks that have different settings on different pages. MultiBlock module solves this problem by allowing you to create multiple Block Instances of already existing blocks. Please read the README for more information.
M.
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On Jul 24, 2010, at 9:18 PM, Anisa wrote:
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...)
The pattern for the url is /admin/build/block/configure/MODULENAME/DELTA, so you're looking at user.module's block with delta 1, not your uid. -D
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