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The Z-Blocks extension meets Magento programming practices for most versions and customizations and is packed with features:

• The addition of a new GUI – Z-Blocks has its own GUI available from CMS!
  
• Ten (10) predefined block positions on each page – Z-Blocks offers 8 main blocks with three visibility levels (general, catalog, product) and 2 additional blocks. See below for specific block information.
  
• The ability to place any block in any position by easily changing the CMS page layout – Any blocks can be placed anywhere by changing the template of the corresponding CMS page. This means you can invent as many custom positions as you’d like for any number of blocks.
  
• An unlimited number of blocks inside each position
  
• An unlimited number of content items inside each block
  
• A powerful block view scheduler – This is one of the most exciting new and powerful features of Z-Blocks! You can set blocks to appear from, to or between specific dates or times. In addition, you can schedule blocks to appear on a wide variety of dates (e.g., odd days, on Tuesdays, on the 25th of each month, etc.) And the most exciting aspect of this feature is that the conditions can be combined for ultra flexibility! (See the use cases we’ve prepared to find out how flexible Z-Blocks’ scheduler really is!)
  
• Per-category and per-store views – Set different blocks for different stores/languages with Z-Blocks. Make the blocks appear for custom categories or only on product pages. (The visibility of each block is determined by the “show only category selected and all of its children” rule. This is especially useful when making a promo of specific products that are relatively specialized)
  
• Block and item enabling/disabling – Place your blocks in any predefined or custom places you’d like. You can then disable blocks (or single items inside the blocks) as needed by setting their status option to “disabled”, thus preventing them from being shown (or vice versa).
  
• Customizable block and item sorting – The order of your block’s appearance is determined by the “sort order” attribute.
  
• Rotation of independent items inside each block – Users of Z-Blocks can set the rotation of content items inside each specific block. (Note: This is a more convenient, user-friendly implementation of the Ad Rotator functionality found in previous versions)
  
  The three rotation modes are:
  
  • show all (shows all items in the block, which makes it great for debugging and/or designing an ad campaign)*
  • rotate one-by-one (shows blocks one-by-one starting with the first one)
  • show random (shows items randomly)
  *“show all” is the default mode
  
  
• Block item inclusion of any content that Magento CMS supports – Block items can include content that involves HTML, Images/Flash, JavaScript and Code (specifically for fetching other blocks, such as those with featured products).
  

Predefined Block Position Information

General Blocks

• Menu-Top (block displayed above the main menu)
  
• Menu-Bottom (block displayed under the main menu)
  
• Sidebar-Left-Top (block displayed at top of left sidebar)
  
• Sidebar-Left-Bottom (block displayed at bottom of left sidebar)
  
• Content-Top (block displayed above content part)
  
• Sidebar-Right-Top (block displayed at top of right sidebar)
  
• Sidebar-Right-Bottom (block displayed at bottom of right sidebar)
  
• Page-Bottom (block displayed at end of page)
  

Catalog & Product Page Blocks

• Catalog-Menu-Top
  
• Catalog-Menu-Bottom
  
• Catalog-Sidebar-Left-Top
  
• Catalog-Sidebar-Left-Bottom
  
• Catalog-Content-Top
  
• Catalog-Sidebar-Right-Top
  
• Catalog-Sidebar-Right-Bottom
  
• Catalog-Page-Bottom
  

Product Page Only Blocks

• Product-Menu-Top
  
• Product-Menu-Bottom
  
• Product-Sidebar-Left-Top
  
• Product-Sidebar-Left-Bottom
  
• Product-Content-Top
  
• Product-Sidebar-Right-Top
  
• Product-Sidebar-Right-Bottom
  
• Product-Page-Bottom
  

Special Blocks:

• Customer-Content-Top – In the customer’s area, this special block is located above the content. This means you can place content in this block that is intended for store users only (e.g., news, announcements, advertisements). (Note: In the customers’ area, the sidebar-left-top block is located lower than the user’s menu)
• Cart-Content-Top – This special block is on the cart’s and check-out’s pages instead of the main block.

With Z-Blocks you also gain:

• Easy 2-minute installation
• 100% open source
• 30 day money back – satisfaction guaranteed
• Lifetime bug free guarantee
• Meets Magento programming practices for most versions and customizations compatibility
• Free upgrades at least in current version branch
• Our excellent support team is waiting to hear from you each business day from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm GMT

Use Cases

• Authority/security seal at the best place:
  Z-Blocks demonstrated features:
  * static HTML content displaying on all pages.
  
• Support service phone number is shown in working hours only:
  Z-Blocks demonstrated features:
  * date and time scheduling.
  
• Curious facts:
  Z-Blocks demonstrated features:
  * displaying predefined content items randomly.
  
• Congratulate your customers with national holidays:
  Z-Blocks demonstrated features:
  * per-store block displaying;
  * HTML content;
  * specified displaying interval.
  
• Info about upcoming events:
  Z-Blocks demonstrated features:
  * exact day scheduling;
  * displaying at the selected category.
  

Legend:
+ New feature
* Bug fix

2.1
+ Magento 1.4.0.0 compatibility
+ The 'cart-content-top' block position type is divided into 'cart-content-top' and 'checkout-content-top'
+ Category restrictions are now applied to custom positioned blocks
* Midnight interval
* Time settings taken from server
* Category info loss when editing block content without displaying 'Categories' tab in the admin section

2.0.3
* ACL bug fix
* product with empty category page crash fix
+ 'Show in subcategories' block option added

2.0.1
* SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 MySQL error fix
* product More Views page crash fix

2.0
+ new interface
+ unlimited blocks inside container
+ unlimited items inside block
+ individual Ad Rotator for each block
+ date and time flexible scheduling for each block
+ per-store block customization

1.2.1
+ AW All 2.0 extension integrated

1.2
+ new blocks added

1.1.1
* customer-content-top block for address page fix

1.1
+ Ad Rotation function

1.0
+ Extension release