By soezkan on

Hi there,

I have an page-node and an image-node which shall appear
within two different blocks, like left-sidebar and the other one
in right-sidebar.

How can I manage this? With views? Or is it easier?
I guess I have to "convert" a node into a block to do
so?

Thanks a lot for help!
Cheers,
Soezkan

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ludo1960’s picture

ludo1960 commented

..a php include() in the block

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soezkan commented

Thanks for replying. But isn't there an "easier" way to do that.
I think I don't want to fiddle around with php.

Any other idea?

ludo1960’s picture

ludo1960 commented

Note sure if there is an easier way, you could use Views to create a view then call that view into your block using your good friend PHP!

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soezkan commented

But how can I bring some PHP code into a block?

Thanks for more help!

:) soezkan

ludo1960’s picture

ludo1960 commented

..edit/block in admin and select input format then select PHP

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yelvington commented

There is no need to use PHP to put views into blocks. Views does that.

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ludo1960 commented

..you can expose a view in a block but how do you print it?

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hectorplus commented

enable the PHP filter module, site building > modules, you need to grant permissions to yourself after enabling it.

if you need to print a view in a block:

<?php
$block = module_invoke('block', 'block', 'view', #);
print $block['content'];
?>

# = the id of the block, say 3

http://www.tecito.com

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rogerpfaff
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as noted below. if you use views: create the view, create a block display for the view. put the block in your sidebar in the block configuration.

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rogerpfaff
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Is the cck blocks modules what you are looking for? http://drupal.org/project/cck_blocks

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soezkan commented

Thank you so much for all the replies!

What I actually want to do:
Supposing I have four page-nodes.
All of these nodes shall appear in the content-block.
Assuming a visitor chooses the first page-node from the menu,
then in the right-sitebar an image shall appear.

But the image shall change as the nodes-change, which means:
If somebody chosen node/1 the image green.jpg shall appear
beside, if one chosen node/2 the image called red.jpg shall
appear.

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ludo1960 commented

..You will have to use PHP for block visibility, do a search for block visibilty to help you out with this.

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rogerpfaff
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are the images saved in relation to the node? then go ahead with imagefield and cck blocks.

alternatively you can use views and node reference for example. i would try to avoid php in the block code as often as possible.

there are many possible ways to accomplish such a goal without writing a single line of php. :-)