Managing blocks in phpbb primetime is easy, or complex, depending on what you are trying to do. The goal is to give you the flexibility to achieve your design goals. You can choose where, when, and to whom you'd like to display a block. This article is to provide you with a comprehensive guide on how to manage blocks in phpbb primetime.

[b]WHERE[/b]
Phpbb primetime blocks allow you display additional content, provide menus, and highlight recent contents at block positions on the left (sidebar), right (subcontent), bottom, top, or any other block positions that you might choose to create. If the selected block position already has blocks, you can specify the block after which block you'd like your block to be displayed.

[b]WHEN[/b]
For purposes of deciding when to display a block, we define 4 situations (display types):
[list][*]Front Page - Will be displayed only on module index. Ex: www.your_domain.com or www.your_domain.com/index.php?[color=#00BF00][b]i[/b][/color]=xx only[*]Mode Page - Will be displayed only when a module mode is specified. Ex: www.your_domain.com/index.php?[color=#00BF00][b]i[/b][/color]=xx&amp;[color=#00BF00][b]mode[/b][/color]=yy only[*]Front & Mode Page - Will be displayed on module index and when a module mode is specified i.e any of the above[*]Sticky - Will always be displayed[/list]

You can also decide to display a block or block position only on some specific module modes, or display them every where except on the selected modules.

If a block position (say bottom) is set to display only on the front page for example, and you add a block to that position and choose sticky as the display type for the block, the block will not be displayed if the url is something like index.php?i=xx&mode=yy. But if you specify a [b]transfer to[/b] position (say subcontent), the block will be displayed at this position (subcontent) assuming the new position can be displayed.

[b]TO WHOM[/b]
You can specify which groups can view a block by choosing the relevant groups from the dropdown list


[b]Blocks And Styles[/b]
Primetime blocks are style-specific i.e. you can specify different blocks for different styles at different positions. So your site can look very different and even display different content based on the style used or the group the user belongs to. If you have several styles installed and you're adding or editing a block, you can select a style(s) in which you'd like these actions to be duplicated. If the selected style(s) does not have the block, it can be created or only existing blocks can be updated depending on what you choose.