Search form in two Regions?

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New to Drupal, trying to wrap my mind around the Blocks concept.

Am I right in concluding that I cannot have the SearchForm on the right side (sidebar second) for one ContentType, and on the left side (sidebar first) for another ContentType?

I'm talking standard 7(.17) with no extra modules or PHP "hacks".

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '12 at 11:06

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Standard Drupal will only allow you to specify the placement of blocks once. To achieve what you're after you'll need to look into using a contributed module like Context or Panels.

Personally used Context a fair bit in the past. It's pretty powerful but relatively simple to use.

answered Dec 04 '12 at 11:06

drmonkeyninja

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Thank you for answering. So this google-found statement: "enable multiple region selection in the block admin interface in Drupal 7.0 or via module" - is just false (have looked for it for hours) ? – T4NK3R Dec 04 '12 at 11:27
I believe it is false. Drupal can only store one block location in the database (if I recall correctly). I'd give Context a look as it will enable you to specify blocks based on content types. We have tended to use it as a complete replacement to the default blocks admin as it gives much greater flexibility. – drmonkeyninja Dec 04 '12 at 11:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 05 '12 at 03:34

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This module allows you to create several instances of a block, so you can duplicate a block and put the duplicates on other regions.

answered Dec 05 '12 at 03:34

Pria Purnama

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I actually ended up using multiblock also : ) – T4NK3R Dec 07 '12 at 20:22

Search form in two Regions?

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