By jazzdox on

I'm still quite green in this Drupal world so please be tolerant!

I would like to add a simple block to my zen theme.

For example http://www.commonplaces.com/company has a "bookmark this" block in the lower right corner of their beautiful site.

I would like to add the same to my site. If this were a regular CSS/HTML site no problem but in Drupal, how should I go about this? Should I create a new content type? Where do I style it without mucking up the zen theme in case it needs to be upgraded.

Of course this answer will go a long way to opening the door for me to do further styling so thanks in advance.

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zeta ζ commented

Blocks are added to regions.

In this case it looks like adding the block to the sidebar-right (or whatever zen call it) with weight 10 (to place it at the bottom).

Go to yoursite.com/admin/build/block
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leahcreates commented

Here's how I did this, to elaborate on what the previous commenter said -- and forgive me if I'm over-simplifying:

To create a new block, you'll go to administer > blocks and then select add block.

You then link to the image the way you normally would, but make sure that the input type is set to either PHP or full HTML, depending on your needs. The 'add this' program uses it's own code to generate the link, but we used our own image, as I imagine you will.

After you save the block, you'll then go to administer > blocks and set the block to show up in your desired region/weight on the page.

Hope this helps! - leah@commonplaces.com