Example of a structural block.
It does not utilize templates; it's simply used to output the content of all of its child blocks one after the other.
Example of a content block.
The output of this type of block depends on the assigned template. It's child blocks are output within it's template via the getChildHtml('block_name') method.. Example: core/text_list - Example of a structural block. It does not utilize templates; it's simply used to output the content of all of its child blocks one after the other. core/template - Example of a content block. The output of this type of block depends on the assigned template. It's child blocks are output within it's template via the getChildHtml('block_name') method.