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title: "Content Blocks in Portals"
slug: "content-blocks-in-portals"
updated: 2025-03-31T19:38:02Z
published: 2025-03-31T19:38:02Z
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# Content Blocks in Portals

You can save time building portals by reusing content with **content blocks**.

## Before you begin

If you haven’t already, [create a content block key and codes](/v1/docs/content-blocks).

Using content blocks in a portal is nearly identical to using them in other areas of Slate, like Deliver or decision letters.

## Adding content blocks to a portal

Go to **Database → Portals.** Select an existing portal, or [create a new one](/v1/docs/creating-a-custom-portal).

> [!WARNING]
> 📝 If your content block includes any **merge fields**, these need to be represented as **exports**in one of the portal’s queries.

To place the content block in the appropriate place within your portal:

> [!NOTE]
> 1. Go to the **view** where you want the content block to appear.
> 2. Select a **Static Content block**, or create a new one.
> 3. Enter the following code in the location you want to display the content block:
> 
> ```plaintext
> {{EXPORT-NAME | block: "KEY OF CONTENT BLOCK"}}
> ```
> 
> where `EXPORT-NAME` is the name of the export in the portal query, and `KEY OF CONTENT BLOCK` is the key of the content block that contains the codes to merge into the portal. 📝 **Note:**Spaces in your export names are automatically replaced with hyphens.
> 4. Select **Save**.

## Example: Dynamic staff signature

To dynamically display an assigned staff member’s signature in a portal, the following code uses an export called `staff_assigned` and a content block key called `staff_signature`:

```plainText
{{staff_assigned | block: "staff_signature"}}
```

The screenshot below shows an example of a static content portal part where the content block containing a staff member’s signature is prefaced with the text “Questions? Contact your admission counselor!”

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/image(486).png)

We impersonate a record and open the portal. The content block merge field displays the content block code that corresponds with the record’s `staff_assigned` field.

For instance, if a record has a staff assignment of *Gonzo Muppet*, the content block with Gonzo’s contact information appears as the following:

[![gonzo.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/gonzo.png)](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/gonzo.png)