New block

[JulieW8]

I've been remiss in really digging into IndexU and how it works and staying on top of it.

Now working with a development installation and having problems adding a new block. Unfortunately, my notes are a bit confusing (I'm sure I wrote them ages ago!). I'd appreciate help reviewing this and what I might be doing wrong.

I want to add a block for content, to make it easier to add/edit content on the home page.

Created blocks/block.welcome.php

<?php

/**
*
* INDEXU Deluxe
* Copyright(C), Nicecoder, 2010, All Rights Reserved.
*
*/

<?php

/**
*
* INDEXU Deluxe
* Copyright(C), Nicecoder, 2008, All Rights Reserved.
*
*/

function block_welcome($params) {

$tpl = new Template;

if (!$params['template']) {
$params['template'] = 'block.welcome.html';
}

$tpl->display("blocks/" . $params['template']);
}
?>

Then created theme/themename/blocks/block.welcome.html

<div class="block_large_title">Welcome Title</div>
<div class="block_large_content">
<div class="block_large_content_text">

Welcome text. Ipso facto lorum whatever

<div class="clear_both"></div>
<%/section%>
<br />
</div>
</div>

In the themename/index.html file, I inserted this where I want the block to appear:

<div class="content_box_full">
<h3>Welcome</h3>
<%$block_welcome%>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>

However, the text that is in the block.welcome.html file doesn't appear.

I'm sure it's something I'm doing that's stupid. I've searched the forums and looked for tutorials and can't find anything specific about how to create a new block, much less a new text block.

[JulieW8]

Never mind - I found the problem.