Insert Block into Content
mitchepa - July 23, 2007 - 13:17
Hey all, just another quick question... should be simple enough
Does anyone know how to insert a block directly into content? I looked at the php snippets section but under the snippets section for 5.0 there were only two snippets (both had nothing to do with this). I also tried using the standard php snippet that you would use to call a block in the template but that doesn't work either... what am i missing here? (If it helps I'm using the frontpage module and have it set to allow php).
Thanks everyone,
Paul
There is a module for
There is a module for that
http://drupal.org/project/block_tags
Just to be clear, it's not
Just to be clear, it's not an option for you to just change in the theme where the right (or left) sidebar shows up? Possibly just putting the call to the right sidebar below the main content area could solve your problem. That is, unless you need some of the content of the page above the block and some of it below it, in which case, yes, you'll have to use the module that was just posted.
try this
I think this may be what you're after -- you can put it straight into a node body (with PHP input filter):
<?php $block = module_invoke('block', 'block', 'view', 25); ?><h2><?php print $block['subject']; ?></h2>
<?php print $block['content']; ?>
Make sure to change the 'view' and the 25 to whatever correctly identifies the block you want to see. An easy way to find out this info is to go to your block admin page and point at the configure link for the block you want to use.
Jeff
Thank you for that code. But
Thank you for that code. But how can I give an argument to a View (printed as a block) ???
I am not sure this will help
I am not sure this will help you in creating a view, but what I did was create a set of views as blocks which output what I want. Then, I created a node, into which I put the following PHP code (thanks to the hint from above):
<?php$block = module_invoke('views', 'block', 'view', Lectures);
?>
<?phpprint $block['subject'];
?>
<?phpprint $block['content'];
?>
I believe this 1) invokes the views module, 2)tells it to display a block, 3)I have no idea what the second 'view' means, and 4) picks the one I have called 'Lectures.'
Hope this helps a little.
Maria
Might be wrong, but I think
Might be wrong, but I think the second 'view' refers to the action. As in you're going to view the block, not edit the block.
module_invoke arguments
The arguments to module_invoke are explained at http://open.madcap.nl/fotd/module_invoke
To print a block called "foo" that is supplied by a module named "bar," I _think_ you would do this:
<?php$block = module_invoke('bar', 'block', 'view', 'foo');
print $block['content'];
?>
(This is for Drupal 5.x -- not sure if anything's changed in 6.x)
Cool, that worked... thanks
Cool, that worked... thanks all ;-)
Now that I figured this out
Now that I figured this out in drupal 5.x, I am having problems in 6.x, specifically, with views. So, here is the situation:
If I do this code:
<?php $block = module_invoke('image', 'block', 'view', 1);?><h2><?php print $block['subject']; ?></h2>
<?php print $block['content']; ?>
I see the random image block, works fine. However, if I do the following:
<?php $block = module_invoke('views', 'block', 'view', archive_reflections-block_1);?><h2><?php print $block['subject']; ?></h2>
<?php print $block['content']; ?>
Nothing shows up. I have tried every variation on the name of the block that might work, to no avail. Has something changed in Views regarding how you invoke blocks? Any ideas?
Same problem here, no matter
Same problem here, no matter what I do cannot get anything to show up.
I am using Drupal 6.3 and Views 2. Has anybody been able to make this work?
I did figure this out with
I did figure this out with Merlinofchaos' generous help, you can see the train here: http://drupal.org/node/263554
However, here is a summary:
This code embeds the view block as is. The first variable is the NAME of my view. the second is the NAME of the block. Still not quite sure how to figure out the name since it is actually called reflections_block, but views seems to give generic numbers.
<?phpprint views_embed_view('archive_reflections', 'block_1');
?>
The code below embeds the view as well as the Title of the block. The code above only embeds the block itself, the title is a separate function.
<?php$view = views_get_view('archive_reflections');
$view->set_display('block_1');
$output = $view->preview();
$title = $view->get_title();
print '<div class="title">' . $title . '</div>';
print $output;
?>
Be sure to use the PHP input filter on BOTH of these or nothing happens.
Hope that helps.
Maria
Got it working, thanks!
Got it working, thanks!
works!
This works. I dont know why is it, but snippets like this ara always more flexible then actual drupal theming when u do visualy complex designed sites.