{"id":1552,"date":"2012-07-17T13:46:48","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T17:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/07\/17\/find-regions\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:39:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:39:25","slug":"find-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/drupal\/find-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"How to view block regions in Drupal 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our last article we explained the differences between regions and blocks in Drupal 7<\/a>. You should now understand that regions define the structure and layout of a theme, and blocks are pieces of content that are assigned to show up in specific regions of a theme.<\/p>\n

When assigning a block to a region<\/a>, you\u2019ll need to now where the various regions are defined in your Drupal 7 theme. In this tutorial, we\u2019ll show you how to view where the individual block regions are located in your theme.<\/p>\n

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  1. Log into Drupal 7 as an administrator<\/li>\n
  2. In the top menu, click Structure<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Click Blocks<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Click the link towards the top that is similar to Demonstrate block regions (Bartik)<\/strong>.\n

    You will then see a screen similar to the below appear. Each block region will be listed and highlighted in yellow.
    \"block-regions-highlighted\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n

    In our next tutorial, we\u2019ll create our first block<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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