Blocks are the boxes visible in the sidebar(s) of your web site. These are usually generated automatically by modules (e.g. recent forum topics), but you can also create your own blocks.
-The sidebar each block appears in depends on both which theme you're using (some are left-only, some right, some both), and on the settings in block management.
Whether a block is visible in the first place depends on four things:
The sidebar each block appears in depends on both which theme you're using (some are left-only, some right, some both), and on the settings in block management.
Whether a block is visible in the first place depends on four things:
The block management screen also lets you specify the vertical sort-order of the blocks within a sidebar. You do this by assigning a weight to each block. Lighter blocks (smaller weight) \"float up\" towards the top of the sidebar. Heavier ones \"sink down\" towards the bottom of it.
The path setting lets you define the pages on which a specific block is visible. If you leave the path blank it will appear on all pages. The path uses a regular expression syntax so remember to escape special characters! The path expression is matched against the relative URL of a Drupal page, e.g. book, node/12, admin.
In case you do not know what a regular expression is, you should read about them in the PHP manual. The chapter to look at is the one on Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE).
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ case 'admin/modules#description': return t('Controls the boxes that are displayed around the main content.'); case 'admin/block': - return t("Blocks are the boxes in the left- and right- side bars of the web site, depending on the chosen theme. They are made available active modules or created manually. The \"enabled\" checkbox sets the default status of the block. Only enabled blocks are shown. When the \"custom\" checkbox is checked, your users can show or hide the block using their account settings. In that case, the 'enabled' checkbox signifies the block's default status. You can assign the block's placement by giving it a region and a weight. The region specifies which side of the page the block is on, and the weight sorts blocks within a region. Lighter (smaller weight value) blocks \"float up\" towards the top of the page. The path setting lets you define which pages you want a block to be shown on. Blocks can automatically be temporarily disabled to reduce server load when your site becomes extremely busy by checking throttle. The auto-throttle functionality must be enabled on the throttle configuration page after having enabled the throttle module.", array('%throttle' => url('admin/settings/throttle'))); + return t("Blocks are the boxes in the left- and right- side bars of the web site, depending on the chosen theme. They are made available active modules or created manually. The \"enabled\" checkbox sets the default status of the block. Only enabled blocks are shown. When the \"custom\" checkbox is checked, your users can show or hide the block using their account settings. In that case, the 'enabled' checkbox signifies the block's default status. You can assign the block's placement by giving it a region and a weight. The region specifies which side of the page the block is on, and the weight sorts blocks within a region. Lighter (smaller weight value) blocks \"float up\" towards the top of the page. The path setting lets you define which pages you want a block to be shown on. Blocks can automatically be temporarily disabled to reduce server load when your site becomes extremely busy by selecting a throttle level. The auto-throttle functionality must be enabled on the throttle configuration page after having enabled the throttle module.", array('%throttle' => url('admin/settings/throttle'))); case 'admin/block/add': return t("Here you can create a new block. Once you have created this block you must make it active and give it a place on the page using blocks. The title is used when displaying the block. The description is used in the \"block\" column on the blocks page. If you are going to place PHP code in the block, and you have the create php content permission (see the permissions page), you must change the type to PHP to make your code active.", array('%overview' => url('admin/block'), '%permission' => url('admin/user/configure/permission'))); } --- modules/system.module Thu Aug 12 18:47:44 2004 +++ system.module Thu Aug 12 18:47:10 2004 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ return t('These options control the display settings for the%template/%style theme. When your site is displayed using this as your theme, these settings will be used. By reverting to defaults you can choose to use the settings defined in the site wide display configuration screen.', array('%template' => arg(3), '%style' => arg(4)));
case 'admin/modules':
- return t("Modules are plugins for Drupal that extend its core functionality. Here you can select which modules are enabled. Click on the name of the module in the navigation menu for their individual configuration pages. Once a module is enabled, new permissions might be made available. Modules can automatically be temporarily disabled to reduce server load when your site becomes extremely busy by checking throttle. The auto-throttle functionality must be enabled on the throttle configuration page after having enabled the throttle module.", array('%permissions' => url('admin/user/configure/permission'), '%throttle' => url('admin/settings/throttle')));
+ return t("Modules are plugins for Drupal that extend its core functionality. Here you can select which modules are enabled. Click on the name of the module in the navigation menu for their individual configuration pages. Once a module is enabled, new permissions might be made available. Modules can automatically be temporarily disabled to reduce server load when your site becomes extremely busy by selecting a throttle level at which the module will be disabled. The module will be enabled when the site's current throttle level is below the module's throttle level. The auto-throttle functionality must be enabled on the throttle configuration page after having enabled the throttle module.", array('%permissions' => url('admin/user/configure/permission'), '%throttle' => url('admin/settings/throttle')));
case 'admin/help#system':
return t("
Drupal comes with system-wide defaults but the setting-module provides control over many Drupal preferences, behaviours including visual and operational settings.