Create a new block

Assume the new block name is your_new_block:

1. Got to moodle/blocks/
2. Create a folder: your_new_block
3. Copy blog_menu/*.* to your_new_block/ (as blog_menu is a simple block)
4. Go to your_new_block folder
5. Rename block_blog_menu.php to block_your_new_block.php
6. Open block_your_new_block.php
7. Remove the "require_once" line at the top
8. Change "class block_blog_menu extends block_base {" to "class block_your_new_block extends block_base {"
9. In init(), change "$this->title = get_string('pluginname', 'block_blog_menu');" to "$this->title = get_string('pluginname', 'block_your_new_block');"
10. In get_content(), you can delete from "* Prepare the content for this block" to "// Return the content object", just keep the last return line.
11. All you have to do is fill in $this->content->text = "Your block content html";
12. Go to lang\en\ folder
13. Rename block_blog_menu.php to block_your_new_block.php
14. Open the file, change "$string['pluginname'] = 'Blog menu';" to your block displace name
15. Notifications
16. Done