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Author: Subject: Adding Custom Blocks - my .87 doesn't work like the tutorial pdf! pru Newbie Posts: 9 Registered: 3/7/2005 Status: Offline   posted on 10/21/2006 at 07:29 AM Hi again, Using AT Lite .87 and PN .7.6.2 - The tutorial entitled AT-Tutorial-Part3_AT-Lite.pdf shows a Block Display screen capture unlike anything I can see anywhere (with zeroes and ones for on and off), PLUS the only Custom blocks I can add are a from a v. restricted list, that includes, for example, "Language", "Online" etc. I want to add a custom block corresponding to PN's "Generic menu block". Does this mean by AT Lite is messed up and shd be re-installed? Tks Pru   ____________________   Shawn Administrator Posts: 4570 Registered: 10/7/2002 Status: Online   posted on 10/21/2006 at 09:33 AM The tutorial is a little outdated. There is a Custom Blocks link under Default Pages and Custom Pages. The list is restrictive because it is only showing you blocks that are available. You still create blocks in PN Blocks Admin, then you use Custom Blocks to assign a specific template to that block. -Shawn   pru Newbie Posts: 9 Registered: 3/7/2005 Status: Offline   posted on 10/23/2006 at 02:05 AM Great - thanks a lot. I was wondering to what extent AT and PN need to work together with blocks - sometimes the boundaries between the two are not that easy to find in the config! But I had more or less arrived at that conclusion myself, so it's a relief to hear it confirmed. Thanks again Pru   Shawn Administrator Posts: 4570 Registered: 10/7/2002 Status: Online   posted on 10/23/2006 at 06:06 PM You create the actual block, the PN Block and it's content in the PN Blocks admin. From then on out if you are using an AutoTheme you can define custom templates for each of the blocks and define when it is displayed, where it is displayed etc for any page on your site. -Shawn