[support] Layout question

[Bruno De Bondt]

Thanks Greg and Dave for your advice. I'm trying out panels on another
site now. It does seem the way to to, also for indymedia.be.

-- bruno

Metzler, David wrote:
> Greg's got it and I'd also point out that panels also provide some
> additional functionality that may cut down on the number of blocks that
> you have: 
>
> * You can add an individual piece of content (node) to a panel without
> having to make a block out of it.  
> * You can rename (retitle) an existing block. (e.g. random image) easily
> with a panel. 
>
> Basically if I wanted blocks to appear across the the site, or be
> configurable by the user (e.g. hidden unless user says so) I'd do them
> in themes. 
>
> If I wanted to make an entry or home page that had some blocks on it
> that didn't appear on other pages on the site, I'd use panels.  
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org] On
> Behalf Of Greg Holsclaw
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:55 AM
> To: support at drupal.org
> Subject: Re: [support] Layout question
>
> The panels module lets you reuse blocks in a sense that they are not
> tied to a particular region, as when used from the blocks admin page.
> You can also then copy the panel, and adjust as needed to further the
> section pages that you mention.
>
> Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org] On
> Behalf Of Bruno De Bondt
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:27 AM
> To: support at drupal.org
> Cc: delux256-drupal at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [support] Layout question
>
> Hi Dave,
>
>   
>> Yes, via a couple of ways. First I'd recommend that you examine the
>> Panels module which can be used to place blocks on a page with a
>>     
> variety
>   
>> of layouts.  It's probably the easiest way to get a "boxes" look that
>> you're talking about. 
>>
>> Also I'd recommend you look at one of the themes that supports custom
>> theme regions, and model your new theme after that.  You can make your
>> own regions in which you can place blocks.  This way will require some
>> knowledge of theme development and the customization of php code
>>     
> within
>   
>> the theme. 
>>   
>>     
>
> Is there any of the above options that you would recommend over the
> other?
>
> On www.indymedia.be, I built our front page using my own regions and
> placing blocks in them. This works great, however leads up to a great
> number of blocks. This number will increase even further, because we
> would like this "boxes" lay-out on sections' pages as well. Would the
> other method (using panels.module) be more efficient? Or wouldn't this
> make a big difference ('cause you might need the same amount of blocks)?
>
> Furthermore, could Drupal encounter problems when it has a great number
> (say +100) of blocks defined?
>
> Thanks,
> -- bruno
>   
>>  Dave
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org]
>>     
> On
>   
>> Behalf Of Jeff Lanzarotta
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:58 AM
>> To: Drupal Support
>> Subject: [support] Layout question
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> At the top of the Drupal site there are several colored boxes that are
>> always on the top of the main page. I would like to implement several
>> boxes like this on my site, but the contents of these boxes would be
>> driven off separate modules which pull their data from various
>>     
> database
>   
>> tables.
>>
>> Is this possible?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -Jeff
>>
>> -Jeff
>>   
>>