Site Blocks

Blocks are some pieces of HTML code that you can add to either :

• the Home Page
• the Footer section of each page

They are all OFF by default, and should be activated using the following syntax :

$pvw_conf['blocks_on']['TYPE']=array('BLOCK_NAME','BLOCK_NAME2');

Where :

• TYPE is the blocks type, either home or foot
• BLOCK_NAME is the name of a preset block or a custom block

The blocks will then be displayed in the order they are listed in the array. Example:

$pvw_conf['blocks_on']['home']=array('carousel','jumbo','custom1');
$pvw_conf['blocks_on']['foot']=array('boxes','custom2');

We have create some blocks that allow you to quickly add some popular features on your Home Page or Footer. Here is the list :

• carousel Display a pretty carousel of you products. All options that can be changed are listed from your Private Area (see the Site Global configuration
• jumbo : displays a full width Bootstrap “jumbotron” block, conatining your SiteName and your baseline.
• jumbo2 : same as “jumbo”, but the block width is fitted inside a “container” DIV.
• boxes : simple template to displays some “boxes” speaded as columns.
• custom : for custom HTML content

Apart from presets block, custom blocks allow you to create HTML content that you can insert among preset blocks. You have to define each custom block like that :

$pvw_conf['blocks']['NAME']='YOUR_HTML';

Where you have to replace:

• NAME by the name of the custom block, starting with 'custom', ie:“custom”, “custom1”, “custom_desc” etc. Beware that this name is used in the CSS ID name and thus should only include letters, digits underscore or hyphen. (Don't put spaces in the name)
• YOUR_HTML is the place to put your own HTML code.

Example:

$pvw_conf['blocks']['custom_news']='
<div class="container">
  <H2>Analoger Just Released!<H2>
  <a href="/products/p226-Analoger"><img src="/static/domain_name/img/analoger.jpg"></a>
</div>';

Beware that like in most languages, quotes or double quotes must be escaped in php strings depending on the enclosing quote type. (See php string. If you have many quotes to escape, using the heredoc syntax might be a smarter workaround.

If you dont like the way a preset block is set, you can of course, use your own custom block, to rebuild it the way you want. You just have to:

• activate the preset block, ie the 'carousel'.
• copy its content from the generated HTML page source
• paste it in a custom block, ie 'custom_carousel'
• change it the way you want
• active this custom block and desactivate the preset you used as a start