Preset Group Panel Pages / Tab navigation

I, and dare I say many other Organic Group site developers and administrators, would really love to be able to define preset panel pages that make up a group.

This is not the same as creating a group home page panel template. That's part of it, but this is more of a blueprint for the new group.

I know Jim laid the groundwork for this by adding import and export of panel pages. I also know this functionality was previously implemented for Drupal 5 via the BluePrints module, which the maintainer has said he will not be porting to Drupal 6. But this functionality would be a big benefit to OG Site admins and so I thought creating an issue for it would be helpful for tracking progress.

Here is an example use case:

New OG Group Template - Default Group Pages, Layouts and Views

The site admin would configure a group home page, a group photos page, a group videos page, a group posts page, group event calendar, and a group membership page. Each page would be set up by specifying a page title, selecting a panel layout, and adding content panes or views or blocks to the page. The photo page could have the most recent photos at the top, and a view showing the most viewed photos in a smaller size below, for example. The calendar page would show events in the desired layout. The video page could use an entirely different layout and views. The home page layout would highlight content from the photo and video pages, recent posts, group events, and recent members, while having a "View All" link to the group photo, video, event and membership pages.

When the group is new and there is no content available, the pages and views on the front page would be displaying generic artwork and prompts for users to post messages, photos and videos.

Each page in the group would available via tab navigation.

Group Admin: Can Use Default Group Pages or Customize Them

The group admin would have the option to add or remove additional pages beyond the default pages set up by the site admin for new groups. They could use the existing OG Panels interface to add or remove pages, and select layouts and content to add to the pages. It would be nice to allow the site admin to have the option of preventing group admins from editing existing page layouts.