Add a block

A block is some content or functionality you can edit from within a page in concrete5. Think of LEGO; these are the actual building blocks that go together to make the pages of your site. 

Your concrete5 install comes with some basic blocks including the Content block, Card, Tile, Image Slider, etc. 

How do blocks go together to make a site?

All your in-context editing is performed by dragging blocks into block areas. These areas hold the content and functionality blocks that make up your web pages.

Your site is a collection of pages arranged in a hierarchy called the site tree. Each page in your site is associated with a page type, page template and theme. That combination of page type, page template and theme defines parts of the page which can have editable content or functionality. These are called block areas. Inside any given block area, you may have many blocks.

When you add a specific type of block to a specific block area, you have created an instance of that block.

Most pages in your site will be built out of different blocks sitting in block areas.

Adding blocks to a template area

To add a block to a page, enter edit mode and then left click a template area name. For example there may be a content area called Main content which you will see when you hover your mouse.

Left click the title and a menu will appear with an option to Add block. This will bring up the list of blocks on the left hand side of the page so you can select the type of block you require.

Or, using the page editing toolbar in the top left of the page, a side menu will appear with the list of blocks which you can drag and drop into an area.