how to place user-editable blocks in template

[trysky]

My custom template has 8 blocks of content on the first page. These blocks are small pieces like "About us" etc, there are 8 of them. I already have the html file (created elsewhere) and now need to translate it to GS template.

I would like to achieve 2 goals:
1. the small blocks must be editable by user in wysiwyg - so probably each block must be a page
2. but the block should not be possible to display directly as a full page

In GS, each page automatically has a slug, so each page is possible to display directly. Perhaps it has to be that way. I just would like to know, what is the common method of creating such small pieces of user-editable content (blocks of text)

[shawn_a]

Use components

Create a page called aboutus

Make a component
say
"block_aboutus"
put

Code:

get_page_content('aboutus');

In your template
put

Code:

get_component('block_aboutus');

psuedo code

[trysky]

Ok, great - thanks!

[Carlos]

@shawn_a It should be getPageContent, not get_page_content

@trysky This is the way it has been suggested before:

- Create your editable blocks as private pages (take note of their slugs or change them to what you want)
- Insert this code in your template file or component:

Code:

<?php getPageContent('block-slug'); ?>

If you want some block to be shown only on some page, e.g. the index page, use this code instead:

Code:

<?php if (return_page_slug()=='index') { getPageContent('block-slug'); } ?>