The Block Administration Page give you full control over the side blocks.
- Side of Block: Determines if your block will be displayed on the right or the left side of your web site. (note: right blocks are not available in some themes).
- Display Order: Determines the order (top to bottom) that your blocks are displayed. Each Category can have it's own set of display orders.
- Visible For: Sets whether a block is visible for all, registered users, or just admin.
- Position of the additional content: When the block type is predefined (non-custom) the block is automatically filled by the system. But you can add your own content to it. Here you specify if your own content is shown before or after the original content.
- Block is Visible: Determines Weather your block will be displayed or not.
Block Type: Lets you choose between block types (many are linked to the functionality of MPN.)
- Custom block: Allows you create your own block.
- Quotes block: Displays Quotes that you set in the Quote of the Day settings.
- Who's online block: Tells you who is currently logged into your site.
- User block: Displays the user menu.
- Category block: Displays the categories.
- Big story block: Displays today's big story.
- Search block: Displays a box that will search your site.
- Poll Block: Activates your Poll/Survey that is configured in the Poll/Survey section of PHP-Nuke.
- Login block: Displays a block where you users can login to your site, or link to the sign-up page.
- Ephemerids block: Displays the Ephemerid that you configure in PHP-Nuke.
- Headlines block: Displays the headlines that you configure in PHP-Nuke (you can turn scrolling on or off in myPHPNuke.)
- Past articles block: Displays past articles.
- Waiting content block: Informs you of user submitted content that is waiting approval.
- Last seen block: Displays when users were last logged in.
- Recent reviews block: Displays recent reviews.
- Top reviews block: Displays top reviews.
- Recent links block: Displays recent links.
- Top links block: Displays top links.
- Partner site block: Displays partner site block that you configure in the Partner section.
- ChatboxII block: Displays a block with current active chats.
- Random Banners block: Displays a block that shows banners at random.
- Random Gallery block: Displays a block that shows a picture from the gallery at random.
- Stats block: Displays a block that shows a few statistics about your web site.
- Include A File block: Displays a block that actually executes code from an external file. This file may contain PHP, HTML and JavaScript code.
- Title: The Title of your Block (you can use HTML in here)
- Content: Your blocks content (you can use HTML in here)
- Category: Select your category (most useful when used with display order)
- Add: Submit
The first links you see allow you to sort your blocks by Display All Blocks, Only Left Blocks, or Only Right Blocks.
The grid below this displays information on the blocks your site already has set.
- Side: Which side of the web site the block is displayed on.
- Order: The display order.
- Visible for: Who the block will be displayed for.
- Position: The blocks position (top to bottom)
- Visible: Whether the block is visible or not.
- Block type: What block type is set for this block.
- Action: Allows you to reconfigure or delete your blocks.
Note: If you are new to MPN, your first step in here would be to turn the blocks you do not want invisible. That way they won't be displayed on your page, but you can always go back and see how they were configured.