Hi All!

I'm new to Drupal and really love what it's got to offer. Im a bit stuck on one thing, and before I even dive further into it, I'm wanting to know from some veteran drupalizers if what I'm going for is a tough thing to do or if I could "get it" if I hunker down a little bit.

Basically, I'm starting with deco, which I really like as a starting point. I'm wanting something pretty simple, a main content area, and 3 blocks underneath this content area:
________ ________ _______
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|_______| |_______| |_______|

Forgive my crappy ascii drawing skills. I came across this site when searching for nice designs... http://mesa.cityofgrace.com/ and that's the goal of what I want things to look like.

Then...I can't figure out how to have a piece of content (story) get directed to a block. I've tried searching around the forums and reading up on things and screencasts from drupal dojo and such...but if someone was to say "you're in way over your head!" then I might step back from it. But if it's something that I could learn fairly quickly (I work from home so I've got time) then I'll keep on keepin' on.

Thanks all!!

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scb’s picture

You may want to try the panels module: http://drupal.org/project/panels
Check the doc here: http://drupal.org/node/201914

Sergio Caridad - www.artefantastico.com

tingull’s picture

thanks. I've got a 6.1 installation, though...bummer 'cause this might help me out.

tingull’s picture

Is this a possibility without Panels?

tingull’s picture

Sorry for giving this a bump...but I just want to know if this is a possibility. I'd love to use drupal....

sepeck’s picture

See the Drupal 6 theme guide. Read up on regions. Should not be that hard.
If you just want the front page to be as described, then you will want to create a page-front.tpl.php for it.

-Steven Peck
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-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
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tingull’s picture

thank you :)