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author | Dries Buytaert <dries@buytaert.net> | 2001-02-05 16:42:38 +0000 |
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committer | Dries Buytaert <dries@buytaert.net> | 2001-02-05 16:42:38 +0000 |
commit | 429c8a002298e457f0972187895f75c979ff15b2 (patch) | |
tree | 961c9c17fc7f384c6ba0d71124dbbe1b867f50f5 /modules/block.module | |
parent | 72e8fa574f47a1813c45f8fce1fe34c623f1922c (diff) | |
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- documentation updates contributed by Michael O'Henly <michael@tenzo.com>
and myself
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diff --git a/modules/block.module b/modules/block.module index bfa38bae9..2d112c0be 100644 --- a/modules/block.module +++ b/modules/block.module @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ $module = array("page" => "block_page", function block_help() { ?> - <P>Blocks are the boxes visible in the side bars on the left and the right-hand side of the website. They are either exported by the engine or by any of the available modules. To really get your teeth in a drupal website, you are going to have to deal with blocks and administrating blocks in a fairly sophisticated fashion. This means you are going to have to be sensitive to the way the block placement strategy works.</P> - <P>The placement of blocks is delegated to the administrator but for most blocks, i.e. those called "custom blocks", the sole force behind enabling and disabling them is the user itself.</P> - <P>An administrator can lay out and arrange the available blocks to fit in two regions: "left" and "right". Regions simply contain blocks. In addition, an administrator can assign each block (within a region) a weight to sort them vertically. The heavy blocks will sink down whereas the light blocks will be positioned at the top.</P> - <P>As mentioned above, blocks can be arranged to fit in two regions: left and right. For theme builders, each region is identified by a corresponding constant: "left" and "right".</P> + <P>Blocks are the boxes visible in the side bars on the left- and right-hand side of the website. They are either exported by the engine or by any of the active modules. To really get your teeth into a drupal website, you are going to have to deal with blocks and administering blocks in a fairly sophisticated fashion. This means you will need to understand how the block placement strategy works.</P> + <P>The placement of blocks is delegated to the administrator. In most cases (i.e., the "custom" blocks), the user has complete control -- using preferences -- over whether or not they are enabled.</P> + <P>An administrator can lay out and arrange the available blocks to fit in two regions: "left" and "right". Regions simply contain blocks. In addition, an administrator can assign each block (within a region) a weight to sort them vertically. The heavier blocks will sink and the lighter blocks will be positioned nearer the top.</P> + <P>As mentioned, blocks may be arranged to fit in two regions: left and right. For theme builders, each region is identified by a corresponding constant: "left" and "right".</P> <? } |