Blocks
What are blocks, you ask? Well, blocks are the little boxes that appear on the left and right side of your web pages. You can see a block in the left side of your website called Navigation. This is the only block that you cannot remove from your page. it can be edited by simply adding or taking away pages from your site. This is where your navigation menu links can display. But the Blocks modules allows you to create as many blocks as you wish for advertising, special announcements, small images, ANYTHING! And now you will learn how to use them. NOTE: Outside Java applets and codes placed in this are are not supported by our staff. This is a simple text editor, and may not be able to properly save other programming language codes. Please use care.
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The first step will be to login to
your Control Panel (this is the same Url as the User Login link on your
homepage) using your administration username and password. You will want
to click on the icon that is circled in this image (Blocks)
in order to access and edit any existing blocks within your site or to
create and apply new ones. After clicking on this icon, a Block
List will display of all existing blocks within your site.
The Title column shows you the name of the block, which
is what will be displayed in the header section (top) of the block. The
final column contains the following icons: Toward the bottom of the Block List, you can see the text link giving you the option to add a New Block. Please click this link now. |
Blocks are relatively easy to set up. Once you are comfortable with the editor, then you will have no trouble customizing your text and uploading images (to learn how to insert an image, click here) into a block. You can learn the basics of customizations to blocks by reading the Page Editor chapter.
Note: As a general rule, in order to make your pages fit comfortably in any screen size resolution, your content placed in your center panel should not exceed 470 pixels in width and your blocks should not exceed 145 pixels in width (collectively 760 pixels). Anything coded larger will create an inconvenient left to right scroll bar for users in 800 x 600 resolutions. It check on an images pixel width, right mouse click on the image and select properties.
*Java Script and html code found on other sites: Any html code copy and pasted from outside sources is considered outside content and will not be supported by our staff. There are simply too many codes and languages out there written by people who may or even may not have known what they were doing. Some of these codes may be poorly written, or may be coded in such a way as to not be supported by our editor. By placing 'code' from other sources in the editor may cause the following:
Improper displaying of content when viewed in the browser
Locking the 'Update Button' after saving so no further changes can be made
Distorting the page and payout of the page the content was added to, causing blocks to display in 'wrong' areas, causing blocks not to display at all.
All of these effects are caused by the code entered into the editor, not of any fault with our software. If this issue occurs, the content will be deleted by our staff. I am sure you understand that it is simply too time consuming for our staff to try to find every instance of poor coding found from other sources on the Internet.
WYSIWYG Icons and what they do:
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When you are finished creating your block, click the Create Block link at the bottom f the page. You should get a Block created successfully message. Next, click Return to Blocks. You will now see your new block listed in the Block List.
Now that you have created your block(s),
you are probably wondering how you make it appear to visitors on your website.
To do this, you will need to return to the Control Panel and
select the Page Editor. Remember the
(Manage Blocks) icon in the Page List? This is where it
comes into play! Decide on which page you want the newly created block to
appear. Once you have the perfect place in mind for your block, click the
(Manage Blocks) icon associated with that page. In this example, we are
selecting the Home page. You have now entered the Block Management
area. It should look similar to the below image:
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There is a Help Section on the right of
this page to guide you through the block process if you need reminders.
The Left-side Blocks column shows all blocks that appear on the left side of the page. Currently none, from our example. Similarly, the Right-side blocks column shows all blocks that appear on the right side of the page. Adding Blocks |
Moving Blocks
Use the arrows next to each block to move the block around the page. For
example, clicking 'down' will move the block down; clicking 'right' will move
the block to the right side of the page; etc.
Removing Blocks
To remove a block from the page, click the red 'X'
icon next to the corresponding block. Please Note: This will not delete
the block; it will simply remove the block from this page. You will still be
able to put the block back on this page (or on another page) at any time.
A block can be added to many pages at one time. It need not only be used once.
FAQ's
Q. How many blocks can be placed on the left and right sides? Are they expandable?
A. As many as you want. Yes, they are expandable. But keep in mind, if you place something that it too large to fit in the block's width, it will stretch the blocks width out of alignment. So, stretching down may not pose an issue, but stretching width-wise may be unattractive.Q. I have been trying to add a script I found on another site to my editor. I am using the 'toggle source' option and pasting in the code properly, but it will not work on my site. Why?
A. This happens because the WYSIWYG editor is an HTML editor, so it cannot support all other language codes. We have made a 'roundabout' attempt to allow JavaScript anyway (applied on 2-2-04), but you may still have some issues. As much as we would like to have our software support every new technology and language available on the Internet, this is just not possible. But we will continue to offer enhancements and improvements as time allows.Q. Is there any way to substitute my own customized menu for the navigation block and then maintain it myself?
A. No. It is locked in. We had to choose simplicity in order to allow our software to be administered by just about anyone. In order to do that some loss of control was necessary.
Please visit the Knowledge Base in our Support Center for many other FAQs and their answers.
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