By huijing on

I would like my site have these smaller sections like those at http://espn.go.com/womens-basketball/, where the columnists have a block, and basketball blogs have a block and so on. I suppose the best module for me to do this is panels but the tutorials are a bit further away from the idea I have in mind. Can anybody point me in the right direction? Thanks.

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vm commented

panels will work then you set the default front page to the panel in adminsiter -> site information

another method would be to create a custom page-front.tpl.php for your theme by copying page.tpl.php to it and hacking it to suit

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StevenSokulski commented

You can definitely do this with Panels. Create a new panel node, settings its url to something that makes sense for you like "homepage" or "home" (without quotes). Then, set your sites homepage equal to that URL. Panels is an easy to use module that will let you slice your home page up to your liking. In my experience, its sufficient for most cases. The most extreme cases will merit a custom theme template, but the need for that is getting smaller as modules become even more capable.

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huijing commented

is it possible to divide up my front page using panels according to taxonomy categories, for example, the main top block will be the news articles and such, while a bottom left block for commentary and a bottom right block for interviews?

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vm commented

yes, you create your views with the views.module and then place those views in your panels.

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huijing commented

i found this great tutorial which more or less fits the layout i hope to achieve on my homepage. http://adaptivethemes.com/take-control-of-your-homepage-with-nodequeue-v.... howver, being the drupal noob i am, i need some help creating the custom regions that he talks about which contain his mini panels for his main article and sub-article nodequeues. i went to the link he provided but i still don't get how you can create custom regions like his.

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vm commented

read through some of these http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=drupal+define+regions&aq=...
and test through trial and error. Not sure how much more can be said with reference to regions between the documentation in the drupal.org themeing handbook and the tutorials found on the net.

Do you have a specific point at which you are getting lost?

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huijing commented

ah...thanks for ur google results...i realise now my problem is with html and css not with drupal...but still hope u can help...if i were to achieve the layout in the previously mentioned tutorial...how i split the content region into three parts, with one part on top and two parts on the bottom?

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huijing commented

i can't get the nodequeue views to show up in my mini panel either...