You need "Custom Block" module if you are a developer, which use Panels, Features and default editable blocks in one project. Maybe you are already collided with problem, when you try to deploy new panel page filled with drupal editable blocks and as result you getting a page with intermixed blocks or even "Brocken/Missing handler". This all happens because of blocks id ('bid'). When you fill a page by blocks on your local machine - you have one id`s, but during deployment to dev-site or live-site thay can be changed (especially if you work not alone on your project). So this problem can be fixed by setting a stable delta for your blocks, which can`t be changed.
In current moment you can:
- Create/edit/delete a "Custom blocks" provided by this module.
- You can use "Custom Blocks Features" to deploy your blocks to another site. (In future i want to remove this module and write a patch for "Features extra" (fe_blocks) if maintainers wouldnt be disagree).
- You can translate "Custom blocks" to different languages using "Custom blocks multilingual".
- In a configuration page of main module you can obtain a "Convertation tool". This is useful if your project is already "In progress" and you do not want to recreate all your blocks manually. (In future i will write an additional function to convert blocks with it translations)
So this module is written in order to ease developers life. I have already used this module in one of my projects and it`s really works. Now i can deploy my editable blocks without any troubles.
In future i will extend this module with additional features for Panels/Features and other.