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A Generic Block is the most basic and versitile block. It allows for content to be positioned anywhere on your page (any drop block area) and can be re-used on as many pages as you wish. Blocks can be shared with other sites as well.

Some examples of how versatile a generic block can be:
https://www.umassmed.edu/zzz/example-site/example-pages/generic-block/ 

A generic block is comprised of 6 optional content properties:

• optional title
• optional sub title
• optional image - can be aligned left, right, center
  • if aligned left or right, text will wrap around the image
• optional description (WYSIWYG area)
• optional more link
  • url and text
• optional header image (displays at the top of the block)
  • an ALT description can be added as well

If you wish the block to display in different ways, here are some examples by setting the style Classname on the Settings tab:

• background colors
  • how to: documentation-colored-blocks.pdf 
• image overlay
  • how to: documentation-colored-blocks.pdf