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Manage blocks

An administrator can manage Moodle's blocks for the site in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Blocks > Manage blocks, including any contributed blocks that have been added.

Hiding a block

The hide/show column allows selected blocks to be hidden i.e. they do not appear in any course "Add a block" dropdown menu and cannot be used in any course. To hide a block, click the eye icon so that it changes to a closed eye.

To reduce the length of course "Add a block" dropdown menus, you should hide blocks which will not be used, such as global search (unless you have enabled the global search feature in Administration > Miscellaneous > Experimental), mentees (unless you have added a mentor role) and network servers (unless you are using Moodle Network|Moodle Networking).

Instances

The blocks page also lists the number of instance for each block. Clicking on a number results in the list of courses containing that block being displayed. See Block settings for configuration settings that might be of interest to a site administrator or someone with Front Page editing permissions.

Block deletion

Any block (apart from certain protected blocks, such as the Navigation and Settings blocks) can be deleted using the link in the delete column. There is usually no reason for standard blocks to be deleted (they are usually hidden), however non-standard blocks may need to be deleted before upgrading.

Note: To delete a block completely, in addition to deleting it on the blocks page, you also need to remove/delete the actual block folder from the moodle/blocks folder, otherwise Moodle will reinstall it next time you access the site administration.

Block settings

Certain blocks have additional settings, which can be accessed via the links in the settings column.

Contributed blocks

In addition to using the blocks included in the standard download, other Moodlers have developed their own blocks which they share with the Moodle community. You can download these contributed blocks from the Moodle.org Moodle Plugins directory. See Installing plugins for details of how to install a block.

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-Location: Administration >> [[Configuration]] >> Blocks
+{{Blocks}}
+==Manage blocks==
-The '''blocks''' configuration page allows you to manage installed blocks and their settings.
+An administrator can manage Moodle's blocks for the site in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Blocks > Manage blocks'', including any contributed blocks that have been added.
-== Instances ==
+===Hiding a block===
-This number tells you how many times a particular type of block is used in the courses on your Moodle site.
+The hide/show column allows selected blocks to be hidden i.e. they do not appear in any course "Add a block" dropdown menu and cannot be used in any course. To hide a block, click the eye icon so that it changes to a closed eye.
-== Multiple ==
+To reduce the length of course "Add a block" dropdown menus, you should hide blocks which will not be used, such as global search (unless you have enabled the global search feature in ''Administration > Miscellaneous > Experimental''), mentees (unless you have added a [[Parent role|mentor role]]) and network servers (unless you are using [[MNet|Moodle Network|Moodle Networking]]).
-Some blocks can be added multiple times to the same course. This of course is supported only by blocks for which it makes sense. For example, it makes sense to have two HTML blocks (and configure each one to show something different), but it doesn't make sense to have two Administration blocks. For those blocks which do support multiple instances, the administrator can choose to allow it or not.
+===Instances===
-== Delete==
+The blocks page also lists the number of instance for each block. Clicking on a number results in the list of courses containing that block being displayed.  See [[Block settings]] for configuration settings that might be of interest to a site administrator or someone with Front Page editing permissions.
-To delete a block click here and it will be removed from Moodle.  However you will need to use a file manager and remove/delete the actual module directory from the moodle/blocks directory, otherwise Moodle will reinstall it next time you visit the admin page.
+===Block deletion===
-==Adding a non-standard block==
+Any block (apart from certain protected blocks, such as the Navigation and Settings blocks) can be deleted using the link in the delete column. There is usually no reason for standard blocks to be deleted (they are usually hidden), however non-standard blocks may need to be deleted before upgrading.
-You may add [[:Category:Block (non-standard)|non-standard blocks]] simply by using a file manager to copy the new block as a directory into the moodle/blocks directory and Moodle will install it next time you visit the admin page.  Moodle uses the name of the directory as the name of the block.  The same applies for blocks which you delete and wish to reinstall later.
+:''Note:'' To delete a block completely, in addition to deleting it on the blocks page, you also need to remove/delete the actual block folder from the ''moodle/blocks'' folder, otherwise Moodle will reinstall it next time you access the site administration.
-==Block configuration==
+===Block settings===
-*[[Courses block configuration|Courses]]
+Certain blocks have additional settings, which can be accessed via the links in the settings column.
-*[[Online Users block configuration|Online Users]]
-*[[Remote RSS Feeds block configuration|Remote RSS Feeds]]
+==Contributed blocks==
+In addition to using the blocks included in the standard download, other Moodlers have developed their own blocks which they share with the Moodle community. You can download these contributed blocks from the Moodle.org [http://moodle.org/plugins Moodle Plugins directory]. See [[Installing plugins]] for details of how to install a block.
 ==See also==
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 *[[Block layout]]
-[[Category:Administrator]]
+[[Category:Site administration]]
-[[Category:Block]]
+[[eu:Blokeak_%28Kudeatzailea%29]]
 [[ja:ブロック管理 (管理者)]]
+[[de:Administration_von_Bl%C3%B6cken]]

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