Blox Lite – Content Blocks for GenesisbyNick Diego

Please Note: This plugin is only for Genesis Framework users. Genesis is a premium product of StudioPress, which has no affiliation with Blox Lite.

Blox Lite allows you to easily customize your Genesis powered website through the use of content blocks. It is not a tool for changing the colors of your theme. While it can wrangle styles, think more along the lines of banner images, dynamic content areas and custom footers. In other words, structural customization.

Blox Lite is best demonstrated visually. Check out the video below for an introduction to this plugin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPAR-GI6sxQ
Skip ahead to 4:40 and 9:10 for the examples.

Features

• Add content locally to posts, pages, and all public custom post types
• Add content globally to virtually any page(s) on your website including 404 pages, search pages, and archive pages
• Position content anywhere with your choice of 50+ Genesis hooks
• Display a custom image or featured image
• Display HMTL content or add scripts, CSS, iframes, and even PHP
• Includes utility shortcodes to help you add dynamic content
• Add an unlimited number of content blocks
• Plugin is fully translatable (.pot file included)
• Multisite compatible

Upgrade to Blox

Looking for more functionality? The premium version of Blox includes visibility settings, two additional content types, addons, advanced hook control and the ability to add custom hooks, global block duplication, premium support and more. Learn more about Blox.

Content Options

Blox Lite includes two content options, Raw Content and Static Image. With Raw Content you can add anything to your website, whether that be raw HTML, CSS, Javascript, iframes, shortcodes, and even PHP. If you are looking to add images, such as a banner image, the Static Image option is the way to go. Add a photo directly from your media library, choose the size, add a caption, and more. The Static Image option even supports background images. This is great for setting up responsive headers or adding a parallax effect.

Removing Content

As a general rule, Blox Lite allows you to add content. It does not remove existing content. For example, Blox Lite will easily allow you to add a custom footer to your site, but the old one will be there as well. To remove content, you will need to add the necessary PHP code to your theme’s functions.php file. You can also upgrade to Blox and make use of the Sandbox Addon.

Style Your Way

Blox Lite does not include any styling aside from a small amount of default CSS for images, which can be turned off in the Settings. It is your site and we do not want to impose styling choices on you. Blox Lite will inherit most of your theme’s styling, but you will likely need to add some additional CSS. This customizability is an intended feature of Blox Lite and makes it all that more powerful. Simple questions about styling can be asked in the plugin’s support forum. If you would like in depth assistance, please look into purchasing the full version of Blox. A paid Blox license comes with extensive support.

Support This Plugin

There are many ways you can support the development of this plugin:

1. If you spot an error or bug, please let us know in the support forums. The issue will be diagnosed an a new release push out as soon as possible.
2. If you are looking for additional features, we encourage you to check out the premium version of Blox. The more people that purchase Blox, the more likely additional features will work their way into both Blox and Blox Lite.