Blocks

Blocks are quick ways to organize a lot of text-based content.

Use blocks for:

• Content on all pages with two columns
• Some pages with one column
• Content like WiFi passwords, important links, and important phone numbers

Here's an image of a homepage including 3 blocks (Important Information, About, and Phone Numbers):

How to make a block

1. Create a file called block_name.md in the _blocks folder
2. Add the following frontmatter, and change the variables indicated

---
title: Your Block Title
---

title is the block's header and is displayed in a bigger font above the block.

3. Add the content of the block underneath the last --- of the frontmatter. You can use standard Markdown styling to bold or italicize text, add headings, or add code blocks.

Adding blocks to a page

1. Make or open a file in the _event_pages folder that uses either the one_column or two_column layout.
2. Add the following frontmatter variables(s):

Pro-tip: The frontmatter is the part of the file at the very top, located in between two sets of ---

• For the one_column layout:
  • Add the following to the frontmatter:

blocks:
  - block1.md
  - block2.md

Note: The indentation must be correct, or else this won't work. There should be exactly 2 spaces because each -.

• For the two_column layout:
  • Add the following to the frontmatter:

left_blocks:
  - block1.md
  - block2.md
right_blocks:
  - block3.md

Note: The indentation must be correct, or else this won't work. There should be exactly 2 spaces because each -.

Tips and considerations

• You can reuse blocks across the site, or even on the same page
• If you have information you need to put in multiple places, consider using a block
• Within a block, you can use standard Markdown formatting
• There's no minimum or maximum number of blocks you can put on a page, but large numbers of blocks on one page might not look good