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Block Machine Name is a small module that adds a machine name field to custom blocks.

Its primary intent is to solve the problem of styling and rendering blocks that use 
numeric auto-increment ID's which may later not match their production values when 
the blocks are reproduced.

Machine names can only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores.

Classes:
If you give your custom block a machine name such as 'my_cool_block', the block will 
be given a class of 'block-my-cool-block' (underscores will be converted to dashes).

Template Suggestions:
The module will also provide a template suggestion - in the above example, you could 
create a tpl named 'block--my-cool-block.tpl.php' (tpl files always use dashes).

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  1. Block Machine Name is a small module that adds a machine name field to custom blocks.

  2. 

  3. Its primary intent is to solve the problem of styling and rendering blocks that use 

  4. numeric auto-increment ID's which may later not match their production values when 

  5. the blocks are reproduced.

  6. 

  7. Machine names can only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores.

  8. 

  9. Classes:

  10. If you give your custom block a machine name such as 'my_cool_block', the block will 

  11. be given a class of 'block-my-cool-block' (underscores will be converted to dashes).

  12. 

  13. Template Suggestions:

  14. The module will also provide a template suggestion - in the above example, you could 

  15. create a tpl named 'block--my-cool-block.tpl.php' (tpl files always use dashes).