You can add new blocks, and modify the existing blocks that are displayed on Developer Portal
pages.
Before you begin
You must have administrator access to complete this task.
About this task
Blocks are boxes of content that are rendered into an area, or region, of a page. The content can
be custom HTML or plain text, and you can specify the appearance, shape, size, position, and also
configure which pages a block appears on by editing its visibility settings. You can also modify an
existing block to change its appearance, shape, size, position, and visibility.
Procedure
To add or modify blocks, complete the following steps as required.
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Click .
All of the blocks that are in the system are displayed by theme. From the
Blocks administration page you can assign blocks to a region, and control the
order of the blocks within the region. Blocks are positioned on a per-theme basis, so if you enable
more than one theme on your site, you can place blocks differently for each theme.
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To add a block, complete the following steps:
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Click Add block.
The Blocks create page is displayed.
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Complete the Block title and Block description
fields.
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Enter the content that you require for your block into the Block
body.
You can write your content in
Full HTML,
Filtered
HTML, or
Plain text. You can use the edit icons at the top of the
Block body field to configure your content. Click the
Edit HTML
Source icon
to enter HTML content.
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In the Region settings section, specify in which themes and regions the
block is displayed.
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In the Visibility settings section, specify how you want the block to be
displayed.
You can specify which pages the block is displayed on, limit the block to show only on pages
that display specific content types, configure the language settings, restrict which roles the block
is visible to, and allow individual users to customize the visibility of the block.
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Click Save block.
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To modify an existing block, from the Blocks administration page
complete the following steps:
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Click configure alongside the required block to change the block title,
the region settings, and the visibility settings.
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To change the region in which a block is positioned, select the required
Region from the drop-down list next to the required block.
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To change the vertical sort-order of a block within a region, drag the block to the required
position.
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Click Save blocks to save your changes.