Questions about news block

Involved Joined: Apr 22, 2006 Posts: 356

Hello,

I have added a news block to my site, [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ] and was wondering how i can remove the other news blocks from the home page. I have tried to de-activate the module but of course that removes all the news articles. I just want to be able to remove the default news blocks as they are duplicating what is in the block I have installed.

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:44 pm

I believe if you go into administration, modules and fix the news module so that it's not in home it may do the trick for you. It's at least worth a try.

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:03 pm

I have tried that but when I change to something else then I loose all the right side blocks. I do not know if this is supposed to be the case but it is happening. Is there a way to modify the file so I can have the news module in home but it not show the stories at the bottom of the page?

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:19 pm

Well, I went in and manually changed the value in the db and it works for me.

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:44 pm

You mean you set storyhome to 0?

I was thinking of that but there was no way to do it thru the admin screen.

The right blocks are controlled, I believe, by each module and whether it sets define index_file to true. Very few modules (news is all I can think of) set the right blocks on.

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:50 pm

You might also want to check your theme.php for your theme, sometimes there can be code there that restricts whether the right blocks are displayed when specific modules are open.