[D7] Inline Block

The Inline Block module allows the delegation of placing blocks on an individual node to the node's author(s). Permissions are built-in to the module to restrict this capability, by role, on a per node-type basis, and per-region. This module works best when used in conjunction with modules that create dynamic blocks, like views or bean. Bean may be slightly more powerful than views, as the bean module also allows content-editors to create their own blocks. It can be extremely useful to allow the content-editor to place desired blocks in the allowed regions. The inline block module makes this possible via its own context plugin and the blockreference module. When a content-type is enabled to allow inline blocks, additional fields are added to the type, one for each selected region. This is how each node keeps track of the blocks assigned to it. When it comes time to render the node, the fields are removed from the node object and transferred to the theme/context layer, thus making sure the block is rendered only once.

This module is unique because it can isolate a content-administrator's ability to place blocks to ones that are controlled by the site administrator.

The project sandbox page is at http://drupal.org/sandbox/partyka/1884674
The git repository is at http://drupal.org/project/1884674/git-instructions