Custom Block Types in Drupal 8
Blocks have had a major overhaul in Drupal 8.
Blocks are now broken down into two modules. The Block module simply handles the placement of blocks into regions. The Custom Block module implements a new entity that allows you create block types and add fields to them.
In these two videos, taken from our upcoming Drupal 8 Site Building class, Rod introduces you to blocks in Drupal 8.
In this first video, you’ll see how to create a new block type, with a file field:
In this second video, you’ll see how to use block types, with a file field, and manage them via your custom block library.
Thanks Steve, it’s an intersting tutorial
Thanks Bandiakama
Would love a tutorial on how to style custom block types.
Thanks Benedikt. Most of our tutorials come from member requests. If you’re an OSTraining member, we’d be happy to create a tutorial on this for you.
Thanks. Very useful, I will never found fields for block with out this!
Hi Steve,
Thanks for share nice article. May I know, is there possibility to create a custom block types via programmatically and I need to create n number of blocks using custom block type?