How to add block/region

I removed this comment because I posted non-functioning code. Refer to my comment below instead.

http://drupal.org/node/242107#comment-798428

Heres how to add regions for both Drupal 5.x and 6.x

To add regions for Drupal 5.x

ADD this code in its entirety to the bottom of your template.php file:

/** Define the regions **/
function framework_regions() {
  return array(
      'left' => t('left sidebar'),
      'right' => t('right sidebar'),
      'content' => t('content'),
      'header' => t('header'),
      'footer' => t('footer'),
      'newregion' => t('new region'),
  );
}

Replace "newregion" with what you would like to call that region instead. Note that the name on the left before the = is the machine readable format, and cannot have spaces. the name after the = is the human readable format, and can have spaces, capital letters etc. You may add as many regions as you like in the same manner that "newregion" has been added in the example above.

Then, in your page.tpl.php file, define where you would like you regions to be using a print call like so:

<?php if ($newregion): ?>
  <div id="new-region" class="region">
    <?php print $newregion ?>
  </div>
<?php endif; ?>

You need to replace "newregion" with what you named your region. The id, class and any other html can be changed to anything.

To add regions for Drupal 6.x

ADD the following code to you themename.info file:

regions[left] = Left sidebar
regions[right] = Right sidebar
regions[content] = Content
regions[header] = Header
regions[footer] = Footer
regions[newregion] = New Region

The internal "machine" readable name in square brackets and the human readable name as the value, e.g., regions[theRegion] = The region label.

The contents of the .info file is cached in the database so altering it will not be noticed by Drupal. To clear it, do ONE of the following:

1. Clear button located at "Administer > Site configuration > Performance".
2. With devel block enabled (comes with devel module), click the "Empty cache" link.
3. Simply visit the theme select page at "Administer > Site building > Themes".

Then, in your page.tpl.php file, define where you would like you regions to be using a print call like so:

<?php if ($newregion): ?>
  <div id="new-region" class="region">
    <?php print $newregion ?>
  </div>
<?php endif; ?>

You need to replace "newregion" with what you named your region. The id, class and any other html can be changed to anything.

...

Only in the event you have nothing in that region, and thus would like not to display it and/or it's containing div wrapper, you would use the "if" statement.
If you want to just always print that region, you can do so directly.

I've added a region above the content region and would like to break up the new region into two regions. This would be like a single row with two equal columns, each column being it's own region. Is this possible?

I would like to add:

'topcontentleft' => t('top content left'),
'topcontentright' => t('top content right),

Suggestions?

using the panels module as we work around.... http://drupal.org/project/panels

It sounds like you just want to add two regions to above the content region. Unstyled, one would be below the other and both would be as wide as the content area. However, if you use CSS to set the width of both regions to 50% or less, then set one to float: left; and the other to float: right; then that should allow both regions to reside within the same row.

Example:

#region1 {
  float: left;
  width: 48%;
}

#region2 {
  float: right;
  width: 48%;
}

Issue resolved,

Thanks for the documentation.

if you want to create a new region, you can place that code anywhere you want the region to show up (usually in page.tpl.php). if you place it inside a containing div, it will show up in whatever order calls are made within that containing div.

Thank you so much.

Not too bad, just had to put my code goggles on. Thanks again, huge help.

Great! I followed andregriffin's instructions in thread #3 and it worked like a charm in 6.19. I needed a right region where there was none, just on certain pages, so I configured the new right sidebar block to appear only on selected pages. Thanks

Hello Andre,
The code workout fine..thanks
I was able to create a new region on my front page,it appeard at the topleft of my site ontop of my logo.My problem is i want this region at the topleft side.Please i will so much appreciate if you or anyone can assist me with a code to do that.Am still a fresher......
Thanks

It depends on where you placed it in your the structure of your template file. You may also want to add the class="clearfix" to the containing element of your new region. If you can post your template code and describe a little better where you want the region to show up, maybe i can help.

Hm, it seems you need to enclose your code with < code > < /code > tags in your post so i can see the HTML in your post. Also, that doesn't look like the Framework template. You probably just need to print the region within the header of your template either before or after the logo/site-name and float-left with class="clearfix" added to the containing element.

Hello andre,
MY NEW REGION =RESERVATIONS.I WANT TO BEABLE TO ADD MORE REGIONS AT THE TOPRIGHT OF MY PAGE.I DID THIS

</head>
<?php if ($reservations): ?>
  <div id="reservations" class="art-reservations"></div>
<div class="float-right"></div>
    <?php print $reservations ?>

Thank you andre.

<head>
  <?php echo $head; ?>
  <title><?php if (isset($head_title )) { echo $head_title; } ?></title>  
  <?php echo $styles ?>
  <?php echo $scripts ?>
  <!--[if IE 6]><link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo $base_path . $directory; ?

>/style.ie6.css" type="text/css" /><![endif]-->  
  <!--[if IE 7]><link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo $base_path . $directory; ?

>/style.ie7.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /><![endif]-->
  <script type="text/javascript"><?php /* Needed to avoid Flash of Unstyle Content in IE 

*/ ?> </script>
</head>
<?php if ($reservations): ?>
  <div id="reservations" class="art-reservations"></div>
<div class="float-right"></div>
    <?php print $reservations ?>
  
<?php endif; ?>



<body>
<div id="art-main">
<div class="art-sheet">
    <div class="art-sheet-body">
<div class="art-header">
    <div class="art-header-jpeg"></div>
<div class="art-logo">
     <?php   if (!empty($site_name)) { echo '<h1 class="art-logo-name"><a 

href="'.check_url($front_page).'" title = "'.$site_name.'">'.$site_name.'</a></h1>'; } ?>
     <?php   if (!empty($site_slogan)) { echo '<div class="art-logo-text">'.

$site_slogan.'</div>'; } ?>
</div>

</div>
<?php if (!empty($navigation)): ?>
<div class="art-nav">
    <div class="l"></div>
    <div class="r"></div>
    <?php echo $navigation; ?>
</div>
<?php endif;?>
<?php if (!empty($banner1)) { echo '<div id="banner1">'.$banner1.'</div>'; } ?>
<?php echo art_placeholders_output($top1, $top2, $top3); ?>
<div class="art-content-layout">
    <div class="art-content-layout-row">
<?php $art_sidebar_left = (isset($left) && !empty($left)) ? $left : $sidebar_left ;
if (!empty($art_sidebar_left) || !empty($vnavigation_left)) echo '<div 

class="'.art_get_sidebar_style($art_sidebar_left, $vnavigation_left, 'art-sidebar1').'">' 

. $vnavigation_left . $art_sidebar_left . "</div>"; ?>
<div class="<?php $art_sidebar_left = (isset($left) && !empty($left)) ? $left : 

$sidebar_left;
$art_sidebar_right = (isset($right) && !empty($right)) ? $right : $sidebar_right;
echo art_get_content_cell_style($art_sidebar_left, $vnavigation_left, $art_sidebar_right, 

$vnavigation_right, $content); ?>">
<?php if (!empty($banner2)) { echo '<div id="banner2">'.$banner2.'</div>'; } ?>
<?php if ((!empty($user1)) && (!empty($user2))) : ?>
<table class="position" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top"><td class="half-width"><?php echo $user1; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $user2; ?></td></tr>
</table>
<?php else: ?>
<?php if (!empty($user1)) { echo '<div id="user1">'.$user1.'</div>'; }?>
<?php if (!empty($user2)) { echo '<div id="user2">'.$user2.'</div>'; }?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if (!empty($banner3)) { echo '<div id="banner3">'.$banner3.'</div>'; } ?>
<?php if (!empty($breadcrumb)) { echo $breadcrumb; } ?>
<?php if (($is_front) || (isset($node) && isset($node->nid))): ?>              
<?php if (!empty($tabs) || !empty($tabs2)): ?>
<div class="art-post">
    <div class="art-post-body">
<div class="art-post-inner">
<div class="art-postcontent">
    <!-- article-content -->
<?php if (!empty($tabs)) { echo $tabs.'<div class="cleared"></div>'; }; ?>
<?php if (!empty($tabs2)) { echo $tabs2.'<div class="cleared"></div>'; } ?>

    <!-- /article-content -->
</div>
<div class="cleared"></div>

</div>

    </div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if (!empty($mission)) { echo '<div id="mission">'.$mission.'</div>'; }; ?>
<?php if (!empty($help)) { echo $help; } ?>
<?php if (!empty($messages)) { echo $messages; } ?>
<?php $art_post_position = strpos($content, "art-post"); ?>
<?php if ($art_post_position === FALSE): ?>
<div class="art-post">
    <div class="art-post-body">
<div class="art-post-inner">
<div class="art-postcontent">
    <!-- article-content -->
<?php endif; ?>
<?php echo art_content_replace($content); ?>
<?php if ($art_post_position === FALSE): ?>

    <!-- /article-content -->
</div>
<div class="cleared"></div>

</div>

    </div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php else: ?>
<div class="art-post">
    <div class="art-post-body">
<div class="art-post-inner">
<div class="art-postcontent">
    <!-- article-content -->
<?php if (!empty($title)): print '<h2'. ($tabs ? ' class="with-tabs"' : '') .'>'. $title 

.'</h2>'; endif; ?>
<?php if (!empty($tabs)) { echo $tabs.'<div class="cleared"></div>'; }; ?>
<?php if (!empty($tabs2)) { echo $tabs2.'<div class="cleared"></div>'; } ?>
<?php if (!empty($mission)) { echo '<div id="mission">'.$mission.'</div>'; }; ?>
<?php if (!empty($help)) { echo $help; } ?>
<?php if (!empty($messages)) { echo $messages; } ?>
<?php echo art_content_replace($content); ?>

    <!-- /article-content -->
</div>
<div class="cleared"></div>

</div>

    </div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if (!empty($banner4)) { echo '<div id="banner4">'.$banner4.'</div>'; } ?>
<?php if (!empty($user3) && !empty($user4)) : ?>
<table class="position" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top"><td class="half-width"><?php echo $user3; ?></td>
<td><?php echo $user4; ?></td></tr>
</table>
<?php else: ?>
<?php if (!empty($user3)) { echo '<div id="user1">'.$user3.'</div>'; }?>
<?php if (!empty($user4)) { echo '<div id="user2">'.$user4.'</div>'; }?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if (!empty($banner5)) { echo '<div id="banner5">'.$banner5.'</div>'; } ?>
</div>
<?php $art_sidebar_right = (isset($right) && !empty($right)) ? $right : $sidebar_right;
if (!empty($art_sidebar_right) || !empty($vnavigation_right)) echo '<div 

class="'.art_get_sidebar_style($art_sidebar_right, $vnavigation_right, 'art-

sidebar2').'">' . $vnavigation_right . $art_sidebar_right . "</div>"; ?>

    </div>
</div>

very useful in formation..thank you very much guys:)

I always assumed it would be much harder. These instructions were all very clear and helpful - thanks everyone. So easy. Now I can be dangerous ;-)

Thank you very much @#3 andregriffin.

Thanks andregriffin, that worked a treat :)

hi friends,

I am new to drupal. I try to create a new region in block.

In theme.info i added a block header
regions[left] = Left sidebar
regions[right] = Right sidebar
region[header] = Header
regions[content] = content
regions[footer] = Footer
regions[custom] = Custom

In page.tpl.php i added the below script. but header block is not appearing, even i clear the cache under admin/settings/performance.

please help where i made a mistake.