8.3. Placing a Block in a Region
- The core Bartik theme must be installed and set as default. See 「Configuring the Theme」.
- The Opening hours and location block must exist. See 「Creating A Custom Block」.
- In the Manage administrative menu, navigate to Structure > Block layout (admin/structure/block). The Block layout page appears, listing the theme’s regions.
- Ensure that in the secondary tab the core Bartik theme is selected. Block placement is defined per theme.
- Locate the region Sidebar second in the list and click Place block next to it. The Place block window appears, listing all the blocks.
Locate the block Opening hours and location and click Place block next to it. The Configure block window appears. Fill in the fields as shown below.
Field name Explanation Example value Title
Title to be displayed for the block
Hours and location
Display title
Whether or not to display the title with the block
Checked
Region
Which theme region to display it in
Sidebar second
You can also hide or display the block on specific pages. In the case of the Farmer’s market website you do not set any of these configuration options because you want to show the block everywhere.

- Click Save block. The Block layout page appears. You can drag blocks to change the order in which they will appear.
Verify that the Opening hours and location block is listed in the Sidebar second region, and click Save blocks.
The block has been placed on the sidebar of all pages that use the core Bartik theme.

- Remove the Powered by Drupal block from the Footer fifth region by setting the region to - None -.
- Remove the Tools block from the Sidebar first region by setting the region to - None -. This block is only visible to logged-in users.
- Place the User login block in a region.
- If you do not see the effect of these changes in your site, you might need to clear the cache. See 「Clearing the Cache」.
Attributions
Written and edited by Boris Doesborg and Jennifer Hodgdon.
Source file: block-place.asciidoc
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