• Surreal CMS

    Surreal CMS is a very simple and straight forward Content Management System, it lets you set pre-defined areas on web pages that can later be edited once they are hosted and live. Surreal CMS requires that you have an account with them in order to login to their service and…

  • Editing Text

    To edit the contents of a text Bric such as a paragraph or header, simply move the mouse cursor over the item you wish to edit on the design canvas and Left Click to select it. The text Bric will now display the blue active object marker. Editing text content…

  • Developer API introduction

    Introduction The Blocs developer API allows 3rd parties to create custom Brics that can be used within the Blocs design environment. The core components of a custom Bric are created using HTML, JS and CSS (you can read more about data and file structure here). There are various API protocols…

  • Publish a site to web

    After you have finished creating your website, there are a number of additional requirements and tasks you will need to complete in order to publish your website, so it’s available online. Requirements Below is a list of the additional requirements you will need in order to publish your web site….

  • Scroll-To in Navgation

    There are times when you may wish to include an animated scroll-to interaction for a menu item, in your projects main navigation. Due to the way the Menu Manager handles data, it’s not possible to add a scroll-to interaction to a menu item via the Menu Manager. Add scroll-To interaction…

  • Guides

    Blocs is able to display basic page layout guides that help identify the page columns and their respective gutters. Toggle guides To toggle page guides on and off press the G key.

  • October CMS forms

    The Problem When creating a theme for October CMS you may notice that forms will not post correctly once hosted. This is due to a restriction set by October CMS that prevents .php files being linked to within a theme. The Solution We are hoping to work on a more…

  • Content Management Systems

    Blocs has integrated support for a range of premium and open source third party content management systems, allowing you to easily create powerful, dynamic websites, that can be updated and contributed to outside of the Blocs application. Supported Content Management Systems Blocs currently supports the following CMS’s (Content Management Systems)…

  • Exporting

    There are three export options available for publishing websites that are created with Blocs. All three options can be accessed via the apps main menu File > Export. Quick Export You can quickly export your project from Blocs at any point using File > Export > Quick Export from the apps…

  • Option Selects

    An option select is a lot like a drop down, but rather than being comprised of a button it’s more like a form field. Option selects are designed primarily for use in web forms, they allow users to select an option from a dropdown list, this data is then usually…