This patch adds the feature to be able to add custom blocks to single entity page, without creating a standard drupal block. The only added data is a block content field in the blocker table, and the gui to enter a formatted text into this block. Can be used to add customised content to a single page, without using Panels.

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#2 edit_issue_add_custom-2335313-1.patch6.26 KBkyletaylored
#1 Add-custom-blocks-to-single-entity-page-2335313-1.patch6.43 KBkyletaylored
add_custom_ blocks.patch6.93 KBfinne

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kyletaylored commented
Status: Needs review » Needs work
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new Add-custom-blocks-to-single-entity-page-2335313-1.patch6.43 KB

I re-rolled the patch against the latest branch. When I ran updatedb, I did get an error as well.

kyletaylored@kyletaylored$ drush updatedb
 Blocker  7102  Add block_content field.
Do you wish to run all pending updates? (y/n): y
SQLSTATE[01000]: Warning: 1265 Data truncated for column 'content' at row 1    [error]
Performed update: blocker_update_7102

All in all, I'm not sure we should do this as we probably don't want to get in the business of storing block content, and adding a block through the Block admin isn't that much more effort. Let's see what the other maintainers have to say about that.

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kyletaylored commented
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new edit_issue_add_custom-2335313-1.patch6.26 KB

Fixing broken patch (removed prior fix)

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randallknutson commented

I like this idea a lot. It would be great to have a way of simply putting in some custom text. As a separate ticket it might also be good to look into ways of creating blocks/boxes as part of the blocker process.