Ok this took me a few minutes to get my head around, so I'm opening this issue with a quick explanation in the hope of averting support requests. Would suggest something along these lines goes in a README.txt or is linked from the release announcement. Hope it helps, marking as CNW.
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Panels 2 beta ships with two new modules dealing with views: <strong>panels_views</strong> and <strong>panels_views_legacy</strong>.
In alpha versions of Panels 2 (and in Panels 1.x), all views were automatically available as content for panels - and there were a relatively complex set of settings in the "add content" form to add a view (arguments, type, read more link, all that stuff).
The <strong>panels_views</strong> module changes this. Instead of all views automatically showing up, you go to admin/panels/views - and for each view you want to make available, you set up how it will be presented in the panels interface, plus defaults. This simplifies the panels interface itself (meaning that admins, editors or whoever can much more easily add views to their panels without all those complex options muddying the form) - but means more initial work before any view can be added. Don't forget to give yourself the additional permissions this module creates if you're not logged on as user/1 !
If you already have panels from a previous version set up with views and simply run update.php, ALL OF YOUR VIEWS WILL DISAPPEAR FROM YOUR PANELS - unless you enable the <strong>panels_views_legacy</strong> module. This module simply allows you to add views in exactly the same way as you could in alpha, and will leave all your current panels intact. So if your panels are all broken, and you've arrived here, just enable the module and take a deep breath.
Also note that you can have both modules enabled at the same time - this will keep your old panel setups intact while you configure your views for the new method.
Comments
Comment #1
wim leers- "views" should be "Views" if you're referring to the module.
- "easily add" -> "easily add"
- "user/1 !" -> "user/1!"
- " - unless" -> " - unless"
Comment #2
catchWim, thanks for fixing my sloppy typing. One more addition regarding using both together:
Comment #3
merlinofchaos commentedI've put this into the release notes, as well as blog posted it. Since I figure that'll only reach about 75% of the users, I'm marking this postponed so it stays in the active queue.
Comment #4
sunREADME.txt is the place, where this actually belongs into.
Comment #5
merlinofchaos commentedEasy one! THanks sun!
Comment #6
Anonymous (not verified) commentedAutomatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.