- An external video The External video block (Video URL or embed src, Width, Height, Autoplay), or a video content item.
- A list of the newest articles of a section A List block with a dynamic collection (parent location, sort by published, limit), or fetch() in a template.
- Hand-picked teasers A List block with a manual collection, items picked in the content browser and ordered by dragging.
- A grid of articles in four columns The List block in view grid with Number of columns 4 (or the Grid block), item view type Card.
- Alternating image and text rows The Zig-Zag (List) block, or the List block in view list_zigzag.
- A numbered top-five list The List block in view list_numbered.
- A grid with one featured item The List block in view grid_featured: the first item large, the rest in a grid.
- An image gallery from a folder The Gallery block (Parent node ID, Limit, Class filter, Image attribute identifier, Thumbnail size alias), or a gallery content item.
- A slider of images The Slider block, with the same image source fields as the Gallery.
- A gallery with thumbnails The Thumb gallery block: a large image with thumbnails below.
- A photo grid The Grid gallery block: all images in a grid.
- A horizontally scrolling strip of images The Sushi bar block: a strip that scrolls sideways.
- A carousel of content items The Carousel block (Slides per view, Autoplay in ms, Image attribute identifier, plus the list options) with a collection.
- A two-thirds and one-third split The Two columns container in view two_columns_66_33 (or 33_66) with blocks in left and right.
- Four equal columns The Four columns container (placeholders col_1 to col_4).
- One content item as a teaser The Single content block (Node ID, Show name, Show intro).
- The page's own content inside a layout The Full view block places the page's full view (the content itself) between other blocks.
- A custom widget only a developer can build Anything the block types cannot do (a calculator, a data feed) is a template; the Template block lets editors place it.
- A block type of your own When editors need a new kind of block again and again, define it once: definition, handler, template.
- Launch examples, every page The 33 examples of the launch phase of a site's life, each one task done in the Layouts editor and with templates. Map every page type, fill the menus, check the pages and the caches, keep a baseline.
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