Blocks Application Notes
Blocks application notes provide inspiration and make it easy to try out ideas, hone your Blocks skills and learn best practices. Many application note come with a complete set of files that includes everything you need to run it on your Blocks system (see below for installation notes).
Common set-up instructions
Many application notes come with a complete set of files (commonly referred to as a "Blocks root") for running the application on your own blocks server. To use such a Blocks root, do as follows:
- Download the .zip file.
- Unzip it into a suitable location on the computer you use as your Blocks server (may be your own Mac/Windows laptop, or a Linux-based server).
- Stop Blocks if it is running on that computer.
- Make sure you have a file named PIXILAB-Blocks-config.yml in your home directory, containing your preferred Blocks settings, as described here.
- Locate or create a root entry in that configuration file, specifying the path to the application note directory unzipped in step 2 above, as described here.
- Start Blocks.
If you don't already have a configuration file in your home directory, you can download this generic configuration file.
Most application notes also require that you re-assign the Display Spot used in the example to a display or browser window of yout choice. Do so by double clicking the Display Spot in the editor and select yout spot's ID under "Re-assign to Display Spot".