Placing a block

Goal

Place a block into a theme's region.

Steps

1. In the Manage administrative menu, navigate to Structure > Block layout.
2. Click the name of the theme that you want to place the block in.
3. Optionally, click Demonstrate block regions to see the regions of the theme.
4. Find the region where you want the block, and click Place block in that region. A modal dialog will pop up.
5. Find the block you want to place and click Place block. A Configure block modal dialog will pop up.
6. Configure the block and click Save block; see Configuring a previously-placed block for configuration details.

Related topics

• Configuring a previously-placed block
• Configuring help search
• Configuring site search
• Creating a content block
• Defining a block type
• Managing blocks
• Managing menus
• Working with languages and translations