By spudette77 on

Hi all,

I am very new to web-design and have been playing around with Drupal trying to get the hang of it... however, I have hit a wall and would appreciate any help/advice on how to create a dynamic block in drupal.

What I would like to do is have a kind of block - dashboard/application bar - type region to be present on my groups node, in which I have several image icons which lead to files. In other words, a section which has a series of images in a row, each of which link to different files. Could anyone point me in the right direction/give me pointers/tips ANYTHING on how to achieve this?

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tryitonce commented

This might help you along the way:

..../admin/build/block/add

in "Block body:"
add your links in good old HTML

make sure underneath "Input format" is opened / un-collapsed
click "Full HTML"

Good luck ....

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spudette77 commented

Thanks for that... I will give that a go. I have tried a couple of times to insert images using html code but it never comes out. Is there a proper directory that I am missing where the pictures need to be?

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tryitonce commented

I use FCKeditor for most online editing and that allows easy uploading of images to the right directory - using the Drupal path -
..../sites/default/files/...... from here you can choose what you want to do.
The basic set-up is probably - ..../sites/default/files/images/.......
here you might like to add a different folder and sub-folders to structure your site if you have a lot of content and images.

I upload my images using FTP an keep the original images on the same sub-folder structure on my local server in order to have a back-up of the images and a structured base to change and develop the images. In my case this folder is not my localhost trial site, but a different "graphics" folder - because the trial site could crash and may need a complete rebuild from time to time. And - when you transfer from a localhost trial site to a hosted server you might need to amend some filie location settings on the hosted site - so, for me it is easier and safer to keep my images in a separate location of any localhost development and to transfer images and other data from my server to the hosted site into the ..../sites/default/files/...... structure.

Good luck ....

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spudette77 commented

Thanks for that, I will have a play around!