Delta Layout Stacking Problem

Hi William,

I have asked myself the same question, logic tells you that it should layout the way you are after but it doesn't work that way.

You need 2 regions only in one zone (let's say 24 column for this entire example).

Make region content width 16 (weight 0) and region sidebar width 8 (weight 1).

The slideshow needs to be added as a block to content, then add another block beneath that with your blog posts or whatever they are (with the read more links).

Then add your other content to the sidebar.

You can do all this with the context module which works very nicely with the Omega theme.

I tried it your way at the beginning and it doesn't work! You will end up with that error because you are making the combined region width greater than the (24 column) container.

You could try:

ZONE PREFACE
Region preface first (24 columns)
ZONE CONTENT
Region content (16 columns)|Region sidebar (8 columns)

or

ZONE PREFACE
Region preface first (16 columns)|Region preface second (8 columns)
ZONE CONTENT
Region content (16 columns)|Region sidebar (8 columns)

You can see that each zone is a horizontal container. The regions aren't 'stacked' as you are trying. You can however stack blocks very easily within regions.

The hierarchy is as follows: SECTIONS > ZONE-WRAPPERS > ZONES > REGIONS > BLOCKS.

I hope this helps.

Sam.

Hi William,

Regarding total column numbers, 12 or 24, doesn't matter, you can try:

ZONE PREFACE
Region preface first (8 columns)|Region preface second (4 columns)
ZONE CONTENT
Region content (8 columns)|Region sidebar (4 columns)

You are right about the blocks, they will be the same width as the number of columns.

If I need 2 blocks next to each other (in a 12 column zone) i.e.:

ZONE - 12 column
Region 8 column*|Region 4 column

*Inside Region 8 column:
Block 1|Block2 (need to be 4 columns each)

I generally use views column class module ( http://drupal.org/project/views_column_class ), make a view that includes these 2 blocks, and add css 'grid-4' so that they will both sit alongside each other nicely. Then save that view block and insert it into the region via context module. You end up with 2 blocks side by side, 4 columns each, inside an 8 column region.

You will have to experiment to find what works best for you but it is possible to have many different styles of layout using Omega/delta/context/views.

I have yet to need the panels module in any of my projects although I am not ruling it out. Have a play around on a test site to see what you can do.

Sam.

Hi William,

There's a video about views column class here:

https://vimeo.com/28416526

Hope this helps.

Sam.

I'm glad to help and you are more than welcome to help me out if I post any problems here!

Sam.