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Chapter 8 ■ Drupal Blocks Figure 8-1. See if you can spot the blocks This example includes a menu block (Main navigation), interactive blocks (Search and User login), and informational blocks (Who’s new, Recent content, Recent comments, and Powered by Drupal). Let’s take a look at the blocks that come with Drupal 8 and assign a few of those blocks to regions on your site. We’ll then install a module or two that provide cool blocks that you can add to your site, and then we’ll create a custom block from scratch. Finding the List of Available Blocks To find the list of blocks that are available for you to use on your new website, click the Manage link at the top of the page, then click the Structure link in the secondary menu. This takes you to the Structure page. On the Structure page, click the “Block layout” link to reveal the “Block layout” page, which lists all the defined blocks on your system, including those that are already assigned to regions and those that are not assigned to a region. See Figure 8-2. 92
Chapter 8 ■ Drupal Blocks Figure 8-2. The “Block layout” page On the “Block layout” page you will see that Drupal 8 provides a number of prebuilt blocks that can be placed on pages on your site. Pick a few by selecting from the list of blocks in the “Place blocks” box in the right column of the page. Click the title of a block and, on the “Configure block” form, pick a region from the select list (e.g., Sidebar First if you are using the Bartik theme). After assigning the blocks to regions, click the “Save blocks” button. If you return to your site’s homepage, you’ll now see the blocks that you enabled in the regions where you assigned them. Rearranging Blocks It is likely that, at some point in time, you’re going to want to reorder how blocks appear on a page. In the previous example shown in Figure 8-1, we may want to have the “Recent content” and “Recent comments” blocks appear above the “Who’s new” block. To reorder the blocks, navigate to the “Block layout” page as described in the previous section. On the “Block layout” page, shown in Figure 8-2, simply click and hold the plus sign (+) next to the block that you want to move, and drag that block to the position where you want it in the list of blocks for that region. When you release the mouse button, you’ll see that Drupal reordered the items (temporarily). You’ll see a message at the top of the list of blocks stating “You have unsaved changes.” Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Save blocks.” Drupal will save the changes and display a message stating that the changes were made. Return to the homepage by clicking the “Back to site” link at the top left of the page and you will see the blocks in their new order. Reassigning and Deactivating Blocks Drupal also provides the mechanisms for moving a block to a different region and deactivating a block that is already visible on a page. To make the changes, navigate to the “Block layout” page (Structure ➤ Block layout). On the “Block layout” page (refer to Figure 8-2), click the Region drop-down list for one of the blocks you enabled and assigned to a region and select the option. Immediately upon selecting , that item will disappear from the region section of the “Block layout” page and will reappear at the bottom of the page in the Disabled section. Next, click the Region drop-down list for another one of the blocks that you assigned to a region and select a different region from the select list. Immediately after selecting the new location, the block you selected will move to the newly assigned region within the block listing, and it will 93
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