How To Create Magento 2 Blocks With Blocks Builder

April 8, 2016

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In this post, we will show you how to create magento 2 blocks in 2 ways. The first one is to write code to test out functionality. The second one is to use magento 2 blocks builder. This tool is included in Magento 2 Page Builder extension. Learn more here.

Table of Contents

I. How To Create Magento 2 Blocks by writing code

1. Create a module.xml in in app/code/Lof/HelloWorld/etc

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../../../lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Module/etc/module.xsd">
	<module name="Lof_HelloWorld" setup_version="1.0.0">
	</module>
</config>

2. Create app/code/Lof/HelloWorld/registration.php file

<?php
MagentoFrameworkComponentComponentRegistrar::register(
	MagentoFrameworkComponentComponentRegistrar::MODULE,
	'Lof_HelloWorld',
	__DIR__
	);

3. Create a layout file in the following directory appcodeLofHelloWorldViewfrontendlayoutcms_index_index.xml

The cms_index_index.xml name will make our block only appear on the home page (module_controller_action.xml).

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../../../../../lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
	<body>
    	<referenceContainer name="content">
        	<block class="LofHelloWorldBlockHelloWorld" before='-' template="helloworld.phtml"/>
    	</referenceContainer>
	</body>
</page>

4. Lets create a block for our module. Create block file app/code/Lof/HelloWorld/Block/HelloWorld.php

<?php
namespace LofHelloWorldBlock;

/**
* Helloworld Block
*/
class Helloworld extends MagentoFrameworkViewElementTemplate
{
	public function getTitle()
	{
    	return __("LOF Hello World");
	}
}

5. Create a template file app/code/Lof/HelloWorld/View/frontend/templates/helloworld.phtml

6. Active Lof_HelloWorld extension

We have two ways to active Lof_Helloworld extension

1) Open Command line in folder root of magento and run commands:
php bin/magento setup:upgrade

2) Directly edit file app/etc/config.xml: In the array module, add the element: â€˜Lof_Helloworldâ€™ => 1

7. Run the command line refresh cache and check home page
php bin/magento cache:flush

II. How to create block with block builder.

Ves Block Builder is Â one of amazing tool that let you to build any type of blocks with ease. This tool included in Magento 2 Page Builder extension. Learn more here:

1. Add block profile
Please go to Admin panel >> Ves page builder >> Add new block profile

2. Design your block

Then, you need to open “design” tab to start designing your own block

– Prefix class: This class is to custom
– Enable container: If you want to enable container, you can select yes and vice versa
– Use backup layout: You can take use of backup layout from select box
– Design in: This funtions lets you create responsive blocks on lagre screen, laptop, tablets, mobile.

– Enable Grid: you can enable/disable grid