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ADDING FEATURED CONTENT BLOCKS

    To add new Featured Content Blocks, use the "Add Featured Content Block" tab 
    (or button) on the administer blocks page, admin/build/block. You will 
    then be able to configure your featured content block before adding it.

CONFIGURING FEATURED CONTENT BLOCKS

    When adding or configuring a Featured Content Block, several configuration 
    options are available. The FC block form is fully documented but here is a
    quick summary of what is on the form.

    * Block title - title to show for the block

    * Block name - name used internally on blocks page

    * Header Text - text to show between title and block content

    * Footer Text - text to show after block content

    * Empty Text - text to show if there is no block content

    * Number to Show - number of content items to show

    * Sort By - how to sort the content

    * What to Display in Block - style for the content in block, e.g. titles vs teasers

    * Display Style - if titles, display as ordered or unordered list

    * What to Display on Read More Page - read more page options

    * Include RSS Feed - whether to include an rss feed icon and page

    * Type: manual, CCK, filtered, or search

    > For manual:

    * URLs - manually selected internal URLs (must be node pages)

    > For CCK:

    * CCK Fields - fields that contain node ids or references

    > For filtered:

    * Include Node Being Viewed - show current node in content block
 
    * Languages - which languages to use when filtering content

    * Content Types - which content types to use when filtering content

    * Users - which users to use when filtering content

    * Terms - which vocabulary terms to use when filtering content

    * Path - which path parts to use when filtering content

    * Keywords - if title keywords should be used when filtering content

    * Views - if views results should be used

    * Primary Term - if primary term should be used when filtering content

    > For search:

    * Include Node Being Viewed - show current node in content block

    * Num Words in Title - how many of the title words should be used for search

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  1. ADDING FEATURED CONTENT BLOCKS

  2. 

  3.     To add new Featured Content Blocks, use the "Add Featured Content Block" tab 

  4.     (or button) on the administer blocks page, admin/build/block. You will 

  5.     then be able to configure your featured content block before adding it.

  6. 

  7. CONFIGURING FEATURED CONTENT BLOCKS

  8. 

  9.     When adding or configuring a Featured Content Block, several configuration 

  10.     options are available. The FC block form is fully documented but here is a

  11.     quick summary of what is on the form.

  12. 

  13.     * Block title - title to show for the block

  14. 

  15.     * Block name - name used internally on blocks page

  16. 

  17.     * Header Text - text to show between title and block content

  18. 

  19.     * Footer Text - text to show after block content

  20. 

  21.     * Empty Text - text to show if there is no block content

  22. 

  23.     * Number to Show - number of content items to show

  24. 

  25.     * Sort By - how to sort the content

  26. 

  27.     * What to Display in Block - style for the content in block, e.g. titles vs teasers

  28. 

  29.     * Display Style - if titles, display as ordered or unordered list

  30. 

  31.     * What to Display on Read More Page - read more page options

  32. 

  33.     * Include RSS Feed - whether to include an rss feed icon and page

  34. 

  35.     * Type: manual, CCK, filtered, or search

  36. 

  37.     > For manual:

  38. 

  39.     * URLs - manually selected internal URLs (must be node pages)

  40. 

  41.     > For CCK:

  42. 

  43.     * CCK Fields - fields that contain node ids or references

  44. 

  45.     > For filtered:

  46. 

  47.     * Include Node Being Viewed - show current node in content block

  48.  

  49.     * Languages - which languages to use when filtering content

  50. 

  51.     * Content Types - which content types to use when filtering content

  52. 

  53.     * Users - which users to use when filtering content

  54. 

  55.     * Terms - which vocabulary terms to use when filtering content

  56. 

  57.     * Path - which path parts to use when filtering content

  58. 

  59.     * Keywords - if title keywords should be used when filtering content

  60. 

  61.     * Views - if views results should be used

  62. 

  63.     * Primary Term - if primary term should be used when filtering content

  64. 

  65.     > For search:

  66. 

  67.     * Include Node Being Viewed - show current node in content block

  68. 

  69.     * Num Words in Title - how many of the title words should be used for search

  70.