Drupal 6 Panels Cookbook

Description

Over 40 recipes to harness the power of Panels for building attractive Drupal websitesBuild complex site layouts quickly with panelsCombine Panels with other Drupal modules to create dynamic social media websitesGet solutions to the most common Panels problemsA practical approach packed with real-world examples to enrich understandingPart of Packts Cookbook series - each recipe is a carefully organized sequence of instructions to complete the task as efficiently as possible Cover......Page 1 Copyright......Page 3 Credits......Page 4 About the Author......Page 5 About the Reviewer......Page 7 Table of Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 12 Introduction......Page 16 Setting up Ctools and Panels......Page 20 Upgrading from Panels 2 to Panels 3.0......Page 23 Adding a custom Panels page......Page 24 Adding a custom Panels node......Page 30 Adding Mini panels......Page 35 Managing pages via Panels Dashboard......Page 38 Introduction......Page 40 Understanding the Panels UI......Page 41 Setting the basic layout of the page......Page 43 Cloning a page layout......Page 47 Creating Access rules for the page......Page 49 Providing visible menus to the page......Page 51 Adding custom CSS......Page 53 Using contexts in Panels......Page 55 Making layouts for dynamic websites using Panels......Page 60 Using the live preview (best practices)......Page 63 Introduction......Page 64 Embedding CSS in Panels UI......Page 66 Adding ID/class in Panel UI and target theme......Page 69 Applying styles to a region......Page 71 Creating a flexible design layout......Page 73 Making a new front page using Panels and Views (for dynamic content display)......Page 80 Creating a node override......Page 86 Overriding a Node Edit form......Page 89 Using Panels with feeds......Page 92 Using Mini panels......Page 95 Introduction......Page 102 Installing and configuring OG Panels......Page 103 Creating an OG with Panels......Page 108 Using the Organic groups Views integration......Page 118 Introduction......Page 124 Creating custom panels with a custom Content type......Page 125 Using Views to display the Content type......Page 135 Setting up the Advanced Profile Kit......Page 138 Building APK Variant......Page 144 Making a Language Section......Page 152 Using Composite Layouts......Page 157 Facebook-style status in user profile......Page 163 Putting contact forms and node forms in a block......Page 166 Combining feeds with Views in Panels......Page 170 Combining videos with Views in Panels......Page 175 Direct implementation of Views with Content panes......Page 181 Introduction......Page 188 Basic setup and custom Content types......Page 191 Getting ready with Views creation and Blocks......Page 199 Building the front page with Panels......Page 204 Modules required chapter-wise......Page 210 Index......Page 214