Dynamic blocks
13 min
Overview
Dynamic blocks allow you to display data from multiple existing articles in one block. It will give you flexibility with your page layouts.
As of now, there are 4 dynamic blocks available:
Dynamic blocks variants
- Topic Dynamic
- Tab Links Dynamic
- Dynamic Article Cards
- Dynamic Article Cards V2
Topic Dynamic
Topic Dynamic block - Text settings
This Dynamic Topic block allows you to display 1 single article of your choice
Text
- Prefix : add a title
- Article : Pick article from the list
- Text align : Align text to the left or right
- Top Text align : Align text Left, Center or Right
Background
- Media width : Set image size to 40%, 50% or 60%
- Contain image : Make image smaller or larger
- Enable Sticky Animation : Make this section stick to the top when scrolling, next section will overlap creating a fancy effect
- Background color : Set the background color for this block
Buttons
Align buttons to the Left, Center or Right. Click "+ Add" to add more buttons.
You can choose any of the 6 button styles and corresponding text to be displayed on the button.
Tab Links Dynamic
Tab Links Dynamic block - Live preview on website
- Background color : Click the rectangular button to select a background color
- Select all : Set title for "select all"
- Mobile dropdown dialog text : Set text on mobile
- Link style : Choose to display as text link or button
Dynamic Article Cards
Sample Dynamic Article Cards
General
- Prefix : First line of text in small fontsize
- Title : Add a title, large fontsize
- Subtitle : Third line of text, small fontsize
- Button Text : Text visible on button
- Button url : add a working url
- Button Text : This is the button visible at the bottom of the block
- Cards count in row : Amount of cards visible in a row (column)
- Cards align : Choose Left, Right or Center
- Initial row count : Add amount of rows that must be published
- Articles offset : Start at article #
- Article Tags : Select Tags from dropdown list
- Contain image : Make background image same size as column
Text
Top text align
Dynamic Article Cards - Text settings
Choose the placement of the Title and content Text
Background
Here you can set the Background color and the Text color
Dynamic Article Cards V2
- Prefix : First line of text in small fontsize
- Title : Add a title, large fontsize
- Subtitle : Third line of text, small fontsize
- Load More Text : Text visible on button at the bottom of the block
- Read More text : Text link beneath article to full article
- Cards count in row : Amount of cards visible in a row (column)
- Initial row count : Add amount of rows that must be published
- Articles offset : Start at article #
- Cards text alignment : Align text left or center
To enable the Dynamic blocks, you need to:
- Go to the 'Settings' on the Page structure on the left:
Article - Edit settings
2. Click on the toggle button (on the right of the page) to enable article mode and new fields will appear below:
Enable Article Mode
3. Fill in all the necessary fields:
Add new Article