[support] How to get a page to display in a block?
Jody Cleveland
Cleveland at winnefox.org
Thu Aug 24 17:08:45 UTC 2006
> Sorry for the short answer; I should have given a little more details.
>
> If you use the microcontent module, you should be able to create a
> microcontent content type (add/microcontent) that will be
> available as a block.
>
> The actual code (or script) that displays the IM online
> status should be placed into the content section of the new
microcontent that you
> want to create - remember to select the appropriate "Input format"
> (i.e "PHP code" - if it is a php script) when creating the new
> microcontent.
>
> From there (after you click "Submit") you should be able to add the
> newly created microcontent as a block in the your block settings
> (admin/block). You'll see it in the block list with the title prefixed
with
> "microcontent:".
>
> By using this approach, you will not display the entire
> webpage inside the block, but only the IM online status.
>
> Hope this helps.
Thank you so much! That will come in handy for some of the things I want
to do with the site. I did also find that you can create a new block.
And, with that block declare html that goes in it.
Thanks again for your help with this!
- jody
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