 placing a block goal place a block into a theme s region steps in the manage administrative menu navigate to structure  block layout click the name of the theme that you want to place the block in optionally click demonstrate block regions to see the regions of the theme find the region where you want the block and click place block in that region a modal dialog will pop up find the block you want to place and click place block  a configure block modal dialog will pop up configure the block and click save block  see configuring a previouslyplaced block for configuration details  