Blocs has built in functionality designed to help developers manage the distribution of updates for custom Brics, this ensures a more streamlined and user friendly update approach for Blocs users. The Update Process The update process works as follows. • Blocs will ping the developers server looking for an XML…
Blocs lets you easily add modals (more commonly known as pop-ups) to your web pages using the dedicated Modal Bric in conjunction with the Modal interaction. A modal within Blocs can be customised and have any type of content added to it, Blocs gives you complete control over its visual…
The Problem Is it possible to hide the user interface sidebars within Blocs? The Solution Yes, there are various ways to hide the design controls that are displayed within the sidebars. • From the main menu View > Interface > Hide Interface. • Right clicking the sidebar tab area at…
The layer tree gives you an overview of the entire structure of the currently selected page. Here you can view each layers attributes, such as whether it’s locked, as well as being able to organize your document by renaming and reordering layers. Layer options Right clicking any layer in the…
Blocs lets you easily control the visual style of navigation links that match the web browsers current page URL. From the users perspective, this helps to identify which page is currently being viewed. Setting the Active Class It’s really easy to set the active class. Simply open the project settings…
Like any code based platform, there are times when developers will need to debug their code in order to test the functionality of a custom Bric. Blocs and its API are designed with the aim of making the process of debugging 3rd party code as streamlined and efficient as possible….
Blocs comes with a built in code editor that lets you edit and input code into various areas of a project. Opening the Code Editor There are 2 ways to access the Code Editor within Blocs, by double clicking on a Code Widget or via the main menu Window >…
The checkbox Bric lets you add a standard HTML checkbox input to your site. Checkboxes are most commonly used as part of a form. Label The label input field is used to set the label of a checkbox. Layout The layout control is used to set whether a group of…
Answers to some of the most common questions new users have.
The Problem I want to link to a Bloc on another page, but I can’t see an option to do that? The Solution Although Blocs doesn’t come with a specific anchor interaction, it is possible to use the URL interaction to create a clickable link that will redirect the browser…