Hi there,

I need to add a CSS class to a block. I know I need to add something along the lines of <?php print $block_classes; ?> to my theme's block.tpl.php file to make the classes appear.

Is it literally $block_classes that needs to be added or is it $block_<name of custom class>? Or something else? Nothing I have tried has worked.

Thanks,

Erica

Hi Eligeski,

It depends where that variable is coming from, so the answer could vary depending on what CMS you are using.

Since you mentioned "theme" I am assuming you are speaking of WordPress? :-)

Assuming you are using WordPress, (I know I'm getting too excited), you would use this code to use CSS block classes:
Where $block would probably be whatever it's defined to be, whether it's h1, td, or whatever.

If you put an underscore between the variable and the word class, how would you get the class name? :-)

Let me know if this works.

One more thing, because $block is a variable for a tag, you should use </$block> to close the tag as well. :-)

Sorry I should have included that. I'm running Drupal 7.

Thanks Eligeski for providing that information.

For Drupal, the block classes are defined with: