This module provides two kind of permissions:

<ul>
<li>administer block instances</li>
<li>configure block instances</li>
</ul>

Users with 'administer block instances' permissions will be able to access to all the settings of this module. Also, this kind of users can restrict which options are available to users with 'configure block instances' permissions. Each block instance may have their our restrictions access.

The options that can be restricted can be found inside the 'Advanced Settings' fieldset in each block instance configuration form.

If site admins or developers want to hide specific blocks they can restrict the whole access to the block instance by selecting a set of user roles that will be able to edit the block instance. Users will 'administer block instances' permissions will not be restricted.

<h2>Other settings</h2>

Under the <em>Settings</em> tab, user with 'administer block instances' permissions will be able to define a set of extra settings for this module.

The first section allow to restrict the blocks that can be displayed. It is usefull if you want to get rid of blocks like 'Execute PHP' or 'User login' from the available blocks that users with 'configure block instances' permissions can choose when creating block instances.

The second section allows to convert regions. If you install a block instance from a feature, the region defined in the block instance may not exists in the current theme.

The block conversion textarea allows to display all the blocks, for example, originally displayed in the 'left' region now in the sidebar_first region.

You can to perform the conversion described above with this code

<code>left|sidebar_first
right|sidebar_last
</code>