Panels 2 FAQ

Last updated October 30, 2009. Created by birdmanx35 on January 8, 2008.
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Q: Who is Earl Miles?
A: Earl Miles, aka merlinofchaos, is the developer of Views and Panels.

Q: What is context?
A: Earl Miles has posted an answer to this question at his blog.

Q: What are mini panels?
A: Mini panels are, for lack of a better phrase, panels within panels. Because mini panels can be styled, this can make them very useful. Wim Leers has created an excellent demo.

Q: What are the plans for future Panels development?
A: The Panels module page has Panels 3 alphas available already, which rewrites Panels pages that makes better use of the menu system, among other things. It relies on the CTools module. There is currently no upgrade path but there will be one. Panels 2 for D6 will not get past the alpha stage. Panels 3 for Drupal 6 is expected to have 4 alpha releases before moving to beta.

Questions to be answered:

• What is new in Panels 2?
• What can be done with Panels 2?