By StarPower-Com on

ive been using panels since ive been using drupal, and havent seen much on themeing. The problem I have is that if I put a block in a pane, I lose the themeing of that block, as panels themeing overrides the theme.

Im not very experienced with creating/editing themes, so i dont know much about adding regions. My layouts arent that technical, but they change slightly depending on what the page is, like user profiles have a slightly different layout to groups.

So firstly I was wondering if it was possible to use panels but keep the theme of the blocks etc that im using with panels.

secondly can I change how my regions are layed out for different sections of my site.

and which of the two would be better to use for my site?

thanks

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Jeff Burnz commented

Block style: in the modal window you can set the style for a block - either Default, Rounded Corners or System Block. I believe if you choose the last one the normal styles for your blocks are used.

To use Panels or regions is a common question and frankly hard to answer, its a personal decision. I often use a blend of regions and mini panels. I find the combination of Regions and mini panels very useful, my clients can even use it and its fast to set up.

Panels can be make passing context very easy, when combined with Views this becomes very powerful. I'm using Panel Pages more now than I used to because of this.

Using regions is very flexible, especially since they can be collapsible, something I haven't figured out how to do in Panels, yet.

Using regions requires theming knowledge (the basics anyway). If you are prepared to learn this stuff it will open up another way of theming for you, so you can actually choose the best solution for each design problem. Panels are great but might be unnecessary when you only want a minor change.

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StarPower-Com commented

didnt no about system block. It really helped. Thank you