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Panels 3 Documentation

Last updated May 6, 2011. Created by jhodgdon on June 19, 2009.
Edited by HongPong, Francewhoa, mindtrades, LeeHunter. Log in to edit this page.

The Panels module allows a site administrator to create customized layouts for multiple uses. At its core it is a drag and drop content manager that lets you visually design a layout and place content within that layout.

Panels 3 is the most recent version of Panels, and is a significant advance over Panels 2, although its user interface is similar. A non-final release of Panels 3 is available for Drupal 7.

Panels 3 is not yet documented in detail, but much of the Panels 2 documentation (except for the API details) should still apply. Many useful Panels videos have been created by Drupal community members.

Panels 2 for Drupal 6 is deprecated. See Upgrading from Panels 2 to Panels 3 if you are currently using Panels 2 on Drupal 6.

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Some docs

Posted by Michelle on June 19, 2009 at 2:21pm

I've written a few things. I had planned to turn them into actual d.o docs but haven't had time. I'll link to them for now:

http://shellmultimedia.com/category/site-tags/panels

Michelle

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Screenshots

Posted by juan_g on August 16, 2009 at 8:28am

New Panels 3 UI screenshots (from Merlin/Earl)

I have created a tutorial

Posted by Amitaibu on January 30, 2010 at 11:23am

I have created a tutorial with example files about Panels + 960 grid system -- http://gizra.com/content/thinking-grid-960

Thanks for sharing Amitaibu :)

Posted by Francewhoa on October 19, 2010 at 6:58pm

Thanks for sharing Amitaibu :) I have added your tutorial to the Panels 3 tutorials at http://drupal.org/node/946468

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Another article

Posted by jpl on January 5, 2011 at 1:07am

Here is an article that I wrote from developer's perspective as an attempt to summarize the main concepts of Panels 3 and the module's ties to Chaos Tools. http://plosquare.blogspot.com/2011/01/surface-drilling-drupal-panels-3.html

Unexpected navigation

Posted by FrancisVila on May 27, 2011 at 9:14am

The navigation in the panels pages is really not what I would expect.

  • When viewing the panel, there are 2 tabs: View and Edit Panel. This would suggest that when you click Edit panel, the tabs should remain, and the selection switch to Edit panel (that's how tabs usually work!). In this module, the tabs disappear, and you don't know how to go back!
    Suggestion: either put the tabs on both view and edit page, or replace the tabs in the view by an Edit this page link or icon.
  • Once I am editing the panel, the breadcrumbs show: Home > Administer > Site building > Pages. Clicking on Pages shows a list of pages - little to do with Panels, if I understand correctly.

    Suggestion: put a link to the Panels main page in Breadcrumbs (by Panels main page , meaning where you get Node panels - Minipanels, etc).

Francis