Note
Extending Twig blocks
The blocks section in metadata.php is used for Smarty templates only.
To find out how to extend Twig blocks, see Twig template documentation for modules </development/modules_components_themes/module/using_twig_in_module_templates>
.
- Description:
In this array are registered all module Smarty templates blocks. On module activation they are automatically inserted into database. On activating/deactivating module, all module blocks also are activated/deactivated.
- Type:
array of arrays. Sub keys can be
template
,block
,file
andposition
.- Mandatory:
no
'blocks' => [ [ //It is possible to replace blocks by theme, to do so add 'theme' => '<theme_name>' key/value in here 'template' => 'page/shop/start.tpl', 'block' => 'start_welcome_text', 'file' => 'views/smarty/blocks/oemt_start_welcome_text.tpl' ]
Differences in block file definition per shop/metadata version.
Template block file
value holding path to your customized block should be defined using full path from module directory, earlier it was a sub path from modules out/blocks
directory.
You can define a position of a block if a template block is extended multiple (by different modules). So you can sort the block extensions. This is done via the optional template block position
value.
To register or extend theme-specific block template, add a 'theme' key to the block's definition:
'blocks' => [
[
'theme' => 'shop_theme_id'
'template' => 'name_off_shop_template_which_contains_block',
'block' => 'name_off_shop_block',
'file' => 'path_to_module_block_file',
]
]