Work with Content Blocks

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Page Design & Structure Work with Content Blocks

A content block is a chunk of content, often preceded by a page heading. You might think of content blocks as sections of a page. Chunking page content into blocks is not required, but doing so makes it much easier to rearrange the content, should you need to do so. With the Content Block tool, you can easily move blocks to any location within the content area of the page.

In addition to creating your own content blocks, you can also pull pre-existing template blocks into your page.

Tips for Content Blocks

Add content blocks to create the overall page structure before fleshing out the content in each block.
When creating blocks, use page headings consistently to help students understand the overall structure of the document. If your banner title uses an H2 heading, create a block with an H3 heading for each major page section. Whether you want to create smaller blocks within each page section is up to you.

Instructions

Add a content block

Place your cursor in the editor where you want the content block to go.
Open the Add New Elements ( ) tab in the sidebar.
Select the Content Block tool. The Edit Current Element ( ) tab opens with Content Block selected as the active tool.
Under the Content panel, In the Block Heading section:
1. Replace the default heading text with the title for your Content Block.
2. If needed, select a different Block Heading level (H3, H4, etc.).
3. To add an icon to the heading, click Icon Picker and select the icon from the Icon Picker window.

Edit a content block

Select the Edit Current Element ( ) tab in the sidebar.
Select or place your cursor within the content block you want to modify.
Choose Content Block as the active tool:
Use the options available in the Content menu to make the desired changes.

Add a template block

Template blocks are reusable content blocks (usually with a heading and placeholder or boilerplate content) that you can pull into any page.

Place your cursor in the editor where you want the content block to go.
Open the (Add New Element) tab in the sidebar.
Select the Content Block tool. The Edit Current Element ( ) tab opens with Content Block selected as the active tool.
Under the Content panel, if not already selected, select Overwrite current block with template.
Open the General or Syllabus panels to view the available template blocks.
Hover over any available template to preview it. Select it to add its content to the page.

Edit a content block

Select the Edit Current Element ( ) tab in the sidebar.
Select or place your cursor within the content block you want to modify.
Choose Content Block as the active tool:
In the Content panel, use the available options to make the desired changes.

Move a content block

Select the Edit Current Element ( ) tab in the sidebar.
Select or place your cursor within the content block you want to move.
Choose Content Block as the active tool:
In the Action Toolbar, use the Move Content Block Up and Move Content Block Down icons to move the current block to the desired location.

Rearrange content blocks

Select the Edit Current Element ( ) tab in the sidebar.
Select or place your cursor within a content block on the page.
Choose Content Block as the active tool:
Inside the Content panel, select the Arrange Content Blocks button.
Use the drag-and-drop handles on the left (or keyboard actions) to rearrange the content.

Changes to the content order will be immediately reflected on the page. No save action is needed.

Learn More

Cidi Labs DesignPLUS User Guide: Content Blocks