It sounds like an ideal block for the designer content add-on, with maybe a few tweaks to the view/styles after you have generated it.

Thanks for the quick reply but I'm afraid I don't really understand what you mean (bit of a newbie...). Could you elaborate a bit please?

Ahhh... I see what you mean. I found the Designer Content add-on which will hopefully do the trick – one review says it's the best thing since the invention of electricity so that sounds a bit promising!

Thanks again for helping so quickly.

Great info Mr Fish, thanks a million for the help, really appreciated.

From using that add-on, it is very helpful for creation of most basic forms. I have had a few problems in the past with file permissions and actually being able to edit the php files created when a new block is installed and because of that, I just put forth the effort to learn how to create custom block manually.

For anyone looking to use concrete5 extensively, I would highly recommend learning to do it the "hard way" as it gives the option of higher functionality and control over blocks.
The add-on is helpful but still limited in terms of things you can do in just the interface.

Just thought I'd throw my two cents in.

I'm the author of the Designer Content addon, and I completely agree you @rhuffman8 -- I often use Designer Content to generate just the skeleton block code which I then modify to suit my needs. A lot of people have said that doing this helps them learn how blocks work, because you're seeing what's absolutely essential without having to wade through a bunch of confusing extraneous code (just don't create a block with a WYSIWYG editor in it -- that one unfortunately requires a lot of extraneous code).

Also, you have the best avatar picture of all time.

Cheers,
Jordan