I would like to achieve the functionality shown in this theme at http://www.styleshout.com/templates/preview/CoolBlue10/index.html?PHPSESSID=... in a view where you have the main node contents in the main column, and then other items (such as user name, post date, taxonomy terms, etc.) in a block on the side. I need to do have this block both for each item in the view that lists all of the nodes, and also for the node display. Is this only possible with panels, or are there other ways to do it? I found the views_attachment_block module, but it will only attach the blocks list page, and won't work for the node display, and I'm not sure how I could get one block to line up with its respective node in Panels, since you usually just list the entire view in a pane, and can't repeat panes in a pattern.
Any suggestions welcome. I'm sure there's a way to do it; it's just not coming to my mind.
Thanks.
Steve