{"id":2027,"date":"2012-11-30T14:46:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T19:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/11\/30\/create-custom-sidebar\/"},"modified":"2022-01-20T14:55:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T19:55:15","slug":"create-custom-sidebar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/drupal\/create-custom-sidebar\/","title":{"rendered":"How to customize your sidebar blocks in Drupal 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are several ways for creating content for your site in Drupal 7. The most common method is to create a post, page, or article. This content appears in the center of a page and is the focal point of a page. You may want other content to appear on all pages. Typically these areas are headers, footers, and sidebars. This article will instruct you on how to create a custom sidebar block for content you want to be constant on your page.<\/p>\n

Creating a custom sidebar block in Drupal 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Log into your Drupal 7 admin dashboard<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. From the top menu bar, locate the Structure<\/strong> option and click it.<\/li>\n
  3. This leads you to the Structure menu. From here, find and click on the Blocks <\/strong>option.<\/li>\n
  4. From the main block list, select the Add Block<\/strong> option.
    \n    \"1-select-add-block\"<\/a>\n
    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  5. This brings you to the New block creation screen. From here, fill out the fields to display your desired content. In our example, we will enter a table that displays hours for a phisycal store. Other ideas would be contact information, special announcements, ads, etc.
    \n    \"sidebar-data\"<\/a>\n
    <\/div>\n

    \"sidebar-region\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n

    \"sidebar-visibility\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Block Title<\/th>\nOptional title for the block. The text entered here will display on the page.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Block Description<\/th>\nThe title that will appear in the back end. This is the name displayed in the Block list.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Block Body<\/th>\nThe content you want to display on the webpage footer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Region Settings<\/th>\nA set of dropdowns for each theme. Select which area you want the new block to appear. In this example, we chose sidebar first, which is the left sidebar area of the Bartik theme. Note that different themes can have different areas and names.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Visibility Settings<\/th>\nVarious restriction options. By default, it will display on all pages and for all users.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n
  6. After entering all the data for your new block, click the Save Block<\/strong> button at the bottom of the page to finalize the creation.<\/li>\n
  7. Now that the sidebar blockis created, we want to confirm that the new block is lsited correctly on the Blocks list. It should show correctly under the Sidebar First. section based on how we set it in the Regions setting upon creation.
    \n\"5-confirm\"<\/a>\n
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    Now your new sidebar information should display on your site. Below is a before and after screenshot of the changes made in this tutorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
    Before<\/th>\nAfter<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    \u00a0\"sidebar-before\"<\/a>\n
    <\/div>\n<\/td>\n
    		\u00a0\"sidebar-after\"<\/a>\n
    <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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