Custom region does not show up in a Drupal Sub theme

Question

I am attempting to create a custom region for my Drupal 7 sub theme. The process I am following is:

1) Specify sub region in .info file of subtheme like this: regions['sub_region'] = Sub region 2) In the page.tpl.php file, print render($page['sub_region']); at the location where I wish the sub region would appear.

3) Cleared the Cache

However, this new sub region does not appear in my Blocks.

Anybody have pointers as to what I am doing wrong ? Or need to do more

Thanks

Answer 1

Your syntax for the region declaration in .info is incorrect. There should not be single quotes wrapping the region name.

regions[sub_region] = Sub region

Documentation for .info file

Answer 2

It might be worth having a read of this, specially this section.

Region inheritance

Sub-themes do not inherit custom regions from a parent theme. If you are using custom regions, you should copy the region declarations from the parent theme's .info file. Be sure your sub-theme's page.tpl.php file matches the sub-theme's region settings.

EDIT

On your blocks page in the top right corner are tabs so you can set different blocks on different themes. Are you selecting the sub theme?