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The Blocks feature in AbanteCart allows you to easily add informational boxes to various pages of your storefront without modifying templates. This provides a flexible way to display banners, custom HTML content, and dynamic information.

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Here's a breakdown of the common block types you'll find:

• HTML Blocks (Widgets): These blocks allow you to add custom HTML content to your storefront. This is ideal for embedding widgets, adding custom design elements, or including any other HTML code. You have full control over the content within these blocks.

• Data Listing Blocks: These blocks display lists of data from your store, such as products, categories, or manufacturers, content pages. You can configure these blocks to display specific items or dynamic data based on criteria. They are useful for creating product showcases, featured category lists, information blocks with links to content pages or other dynamic content displays.

• Banner Blocks: Banner blocks are specifically designed for displaying promotional banners. You can upload banner images, set links for each banner, and configure how the banners are displayed. They are essential for advertising products, promotions, or special offers.

• Custom Form Blocks: These blocks allow you to add custom forms created in Design → Form Manager to your storefront. This is useful for collecting customer information, conducting surveys, or providing contact forms. You will need to create the form first and then select it in the block settings.

• Non-Configurable Blocks (Dynamic Content): These are blocks that display dynamic content that you generally cannot directly edit the content of. Examples often include:

  • Novator Header Menu: (Or similar theme-specific header menus) These blocks are usually essential for the theme's structure and are configured elsewhere (e.g., in the menu management).

  • Content Blocks: blocks that add content search or content links display capabilities.

  • Other blocks that provide dynamic data like mini-carts, user login status, etc.

• Configurable Blocks (Extensions/Themes): Many third-party extensions and themes add their own blocks. These blocks often provide specific functionality or display content related to the extension or theme. They are configurable, meaning you can adjust their settings in the extensions, but the type of content they display is usually predetermined by the extension or theme. Refer to the documentation for the specific extension or theme for details on how to use these blocks.