Is there a list of additional Mini Panel layouts?

Posted by JohnMorris on October 30, 2009 at 3:49am

I would like to use Mini Panels to organize the repetitive display of structure information. Some of the eight or so layouts included with the module install are almost right. However, is there a list somewhere of additional layouts that people have built? I have read a large number of mini-panel forum entries and doc items -- and it just seems that you are supposed to learn PHP. I cannot help but believe that people have created their own?

Any pointers to additional options that can be copied and installed would be great!

Thanks,

John

P.S. It took a while to learn that apparently what I may be looking for is a "plugin", and that search term sets such as "new mini panel layouts" was not going to get results, either on drupal.org or on the Web via Google.

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Posted by VM on October 30, 2009 at 3:55am

There is no list that I am aware of. To create a views/panels/ctools style plugin, I believe you are correct, that you would have to work with PHP to do so.

Are you putting mini-panels into panel pages?

Posted by dougzilla on October 30, 2009 at 5:55am

I do this and find that I can produce very complex layouts.
I apply css liberally to size the columns.

OK, so how difficult is it to do all this?

Posted by JohnMorris on October 30, 2009 at 11:43am

Thanks for the comments folks. I was actually afraid that was the answer. Two Questions:

1. EASE OF DEPLOYMENT QUESTION -- If a friend builds a "layout plugin", is it as easy to add to the roster of layouts as it is to add a module? Would you just copy the 3 files to an appropriately named subdirectory, and then Mini Panel will add it to the menu? And it would be usable?

2. EASE OF CONSTRUCTION QUESTION -- How hard is it to build a new layout plugin? Do I just take three files for one of the othe plugins, and edit them? I could do PHP if it was basically adding in new dimensions and such. Then, do you have to make a PNG graphic yourself?

This capability could be quite useful and popular I think. Am I missing something here?

Thanks,

John