Creating a new block is quite easy. Just follow the directions below and you will be done before you know it.
Click the Create A New Block link at the top of the page and that will take you to the form you need to fill out. If at anytime you wish to cancel what you are doing just click the Back to Main link at the top of the page.
Next fill out all of the necessary fields. None of these fields: title, content, or footer are required but if you don't put any content in the block then the block will not show up.
The title field is used as just that, a title. It also represents the block in the list of blocks mentioned in section (2) of this chapter.
The content field is where most of your information will go. There is a small wysiwyg provided here for those with javascript enabled. The wysiwyg gives you the ability to easily add several different html tags into your content.
The footer field is rarely used and must be supported by the boxstyle the block is using. This can just generally be ignored.
The default theme variable is used for the placement of the block on your site. This is not set in stone and can be moved later via the layout module's box move. The choices in this dopbox explain exactly where on the site the block will defaulty be placed.
The allow view option gives you the abilty to select which modules must be active in order for the block to appear. For instance you can select pagemaster and the block will only be visable when a pagemaster page is being viewed. Most of the time you will select all the modules so the block can always be seen. If none are selected and the block is saved then they will all be selected by default.
When you are done click the Save Block button and you will be returned to the listing of blocks.
Now you will need to activate the block in order to make it publically viewable.