I am not quite sure this is what your looking for, but it allows you to set up page defaults to specific areas, add blocks to page upon creation, and as a themer it may solve all your issues,

The site is Tallacmans, and the information there is golden with block examples, and how to's

http://performancec5.com/how-to/adding-an-item-to-every-page/...

thanks, I've been to that site. but there's nothing there regarding using attributes. I thought that was one of the more powerful ways to show some custom data and there's nothing on C5's site that gives examples for non programmers, or i can't find it. If you think of anything i would appreciate it.

thanks.

http://chadstrat.com/blog/programming/custom-block-views-with-custom-attributes-in-c5/

ChadStrat

C5 could really use an area for all of the awesome guides that people have made for c5. If there was an area for this it would help a lot of people, and I for one would love to know where they all are.

Great site Chad thanks for making it.

You might find this interesting...

http://concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/...

We encourage people to submit one's they've published off-site, and we'll link to them

thanks andrew. i had forgotten about that page, but had visited it before. that will be helpful since i need to understand overrides and single pages more.

i tend to be a visual learner. your old video of how to convert a simple html template was what got me started. i would like more videos like that, that addressed simple but powerful solutions for us picture people.

you and your team have done great work. i will try to duplicate what i learn from a designers perspective and make some screen casts if i am able. please don't forget some of your biggest users are not programmers.

thanks.

Thank you, that page has changed a bit since I last looked before the site redesign, and has really become a giant library of info. Thanks again.

chad thank you very much. as an iffy programmer, that will help me i think. I wish there were more tutorials that harnessed the power of c5 but was aimed more at designers. keep up the good work.

thanks.