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only a week later...not too bad
the blocks that you see in the blocks area of the admin section are the blocks that come with the specific modules. You can change the names of them, and alter their various preferences by clicking the 'edit' link.
The 'custom blocks' are blocks that you make. They can contain just about anything...but beware of the systems text sanitizer which will alter or disable some stuff like java scripts and complex or independent php.
You set which pages the block shows up on when in the edit area of the block.
You will also need to go to the groups section of the admin area and be sure to allow all of the needed groups access to the block as well.
the blocks page in the admin area should show you which module the block belongs to...and the information in that block is dependent on that module being there. Unless you are familiar with PHP and SQL, it is not recommended to be cloning blocks, as there are numerous places that need to be added to when doing this, and if it is calling specific data from the database, there is even more to change.
Some modules make this relatively easy...like xcgal, but most do not.
here is a wealth of info about the structure and how blocks work etc.
https://xoops.org/modules/smartfaq/category.php?categoryid=14Hopefully you are figuring things out and it is becoming more intuitive to you as you go
Happy xoopsing!