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By jaarong on
What would be the best way to go about creating a text block to be displayed on every page that the end-user would easily be able to change?
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What do you mean change? Do
What do you mean change? Do you mean to turn on or off, or to actually edit the content of the block. And is this block unique to each user, or general to the whole site?
Block contents are usually for admins to change, but if you maybe in the Node Info Block Module, you will find what you need.
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Sorry, I can see how my post
Sorry, I can see how my post might have been confusing. What I would like to do is have a text block that an admin can edit through an interface. Visitors or regular members wouldn't need to be able to change this block, just view it. Basically, I'm doing a site for someone and want contact information in the left side block. This information may change in the future, so I'd like to have it so that a non-technical admin can edit it just like content.
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Ah, then yes this is
Ah, then yes this is possible. From the adminster >> blocks area, just click on the Add Block tab. Just type in the contents of the block (works just like an article or node) and you see fit and save it. Then make sure that you activate the block and place it in the region/sidebar that you see fit.
For your other admins to edit it, just create a role that is 'admin' and give them all the permissions from the administer >> access control page (block configuration, you don't have to give the PHP access though), and then they can edit that text or any other blocks.
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But wouldn't this mean they
But wouldn't this mean they could also change the location and other settings of the block? Is there a better way to do this via cck fields?