Drupal: assign block to a specific content type

Question

I made a customized template called node-mynode.tpl.php Whenever a node of type mynode is requested, then node-mynode.tpl.php is automatically used.

However, now user wants to see a specific menu block in this case.

Question: How can I assign a block to a specific content type?

Hint: I have started to look at URL aliases with Pathauto. I suspect one solution may lie in this direction.

Answer 1

Give all of your mynode type nodes an automatic alias that starts with /mynode and use the page specific visibility settings for the block, showing only on the pages that start with /mynode/*.

Answer 2

In Drupal 6, you can configure the visibility settings of blocks. Click on the 'configure' link next to your block in the administrator backend and follow these steps -

1) Select the 'Show if the following PHP code returns TRUE (PHP-mode, experts only)' option under the 'Page specific visibility settings' tab.

2) Enter the following PHP code which checks the node type of the current node and returns TRUE accordingly -

<?php 
   if( arg(0) != 'node' || !is_numeric(arg(1)) )
   { return FALSE;
   }

   //load a fully-populated Drupal node object
   $temp_node = node_load(arg(1));

   if( $temp_node->type == 'mynode' )       //check the node type
   {   return TRUE;    //display block
   }
?>

This should work....

Answer 3

you can use the context module