The new Flexible Content Block is designed to allow you to mix and match elements from some of the current standalone content types.

The benefits of using the Flexible Content Block include:

• You can reorder the items without having to redo the whole content type
• You can add or remove items and it will automatically adjust the layout depending on the number of items
• You can now change the colour of individual items
• You can now control the sequence of items
• You can now combine different types of items in a single row
• You can add extra items quickly and easily

Find out how to add a Flexible Content Block to your page.

Combining different types of content items

You have the option to choose the type of content items you want to go into a single row. For example, you can add a Flexible item - Column block, a Flexible item - Column colour block (blue), and a Flexible item - General content block (teal) into a single row. Remember you can re-order these items in whichever configuration you prefer.

Changing the colour of individual content items

With the Flexible item - Column colour block, you have the option to specify the colour of individual items in whichever sequence you want.

In the example below all the items can have the same blue selected.

In the second example below, the secondary darker blue has been chosen for the first and third items, and the 'light theme' (colour removed) has been selected for the middle item.

As you can see a large variety of combinations are possible.

Adding extra content items

You can add any number of items up to a maximum of twelve. The system will automatically resize the items as necessary - you don't need to do any extra steps beyond adding (or deleting) an item.

If you add three individual items, they will automatically form a single three-column row:

If you add four individual items, they will automatically form a two column row.

Remember if you add a fourth single item to your already created three column row then this will become two rows of two automatically:

Changing the order of content items

You have the choice to change the order of the items as you are not limited to a set configuration. For example, the Twitter feed could go in the middle, or at the start of the row:

Remember you can choose to change the colour of the blocks at this stage too:

Further Guidance

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