Chapter 6: Inner Content Block Tools

In the preceding chapters, we dived into the essential aspects of website building using Odoo. Moreover, in the previous chapter, we focused on the Dynamic Content block tools available to design your web page contents. This chapter will provide you with an insight on further content configuration tools available in the Odoo website builder, called Inner Content blocks. In this chapter, we will be covering the following topics:

• Understanding inner content blocks
• Exploring the types of inner content block

By the end of this chapter, you will have the ability to design a web page using the inner content blocks available in the Odoo website builder.

Technical requirements

If you have been reading from the beginning of the book, you will have an insight into the website building aspects of Odoo. However, for a beginner, you should have basic knowledge of the Odoo website builder, website building, and using the Odoo platform. Moreover, you will require a system with Odoo installed on it and in perfect operating condition.

Understanding Inner Content blocks

The previous chapters have been concentrating on providing a structure in design to the website which is only the initial aspect required in website building. The Inner Content blocks available in the Odoo website builder will provide definite tools to provide a structure and design for the contents available in the web page. With tool blocks to provide ratings, product searches, newsletters, and many more, the inner content block will provide a structure to the content description in the web page.

Content in a website is of utmost importance, along with the presentation. While website building in Odoo, you can define any form of content you wish and it is entirely up to you to define whatever is necessary for the company website. Moreover, the Odoo website builder will provide tools such as inner content blocks that will act as the descriptive medium where the contents of the website can be defined.

There are, in all, 13 types of inner content...

Exploring the types of inner content blocks

There are various block operations available in the Odoo website builder and they have been described in the previous chapters. Of these, the Inner Content block is the last one of the classifications. In the inner content block, there are exactly 13 types of blocks being defined, which will help to provide you with definite designs for the content on the web page.

Here is the list of the inner content blocks available in the Odoo website builder:

• Separator block
• Alert block
• Rating block
• Card block
• Share block
• Product search block
• Newsletter block
• Text highlight block
• Chart block
• Progress bar block
• Badge block
• Blockquote block
• Speaker bio block

Furthermore, there are configuration and styling options available for each block operation, similar to the ones available in all other block tools. Moreover, you can read the Banner block section in Chapter 3, Introduction...

Summary

In this chapter, we gained an understanding of the Inner Content block of the Odoo website builder and the types allocated under the classification. Moreover, we had an insight into the design aspects of the web page contents using the Inner Content blocks to make the web page more attractive and better arranged. Furthermore, the Inner Content blocks will allow you to define the supporting aspects of the company in the website, with the ability to modify and design the appearance of the web page to make it the most suitable one for the company.

In the next chapter, we are going to learn about HTML/CSS/JavaScript Editor used in the Odoo website builder.

Questions

1. How many types of Inner Content blocks are available?
2. Which block can be used to highlight content in the web page?
3. Which blocks can you use to describe the employee or customer feedback on the website?

Further reading 

• Working with Odoo by Greg Moss, Packt Publishing
• Learn Odoo by Greg Moss, Packt Publishing