[support] approach with multiple levels of data

[sebastian]

Hi Shai,

I intentionally was avoiding using Drupal terms, so that I could explain 
more in general what I was trying to achieve, rather than refering to a 
specific solution.

What I am leaning towards now, is making a custom panel view, with one 
column, and 8 row "slots" which I can then fill with the same 3 views 
stacked into each row, 8 times over [24 views in all, although it is 
nothing more than the same 3 views repeated 8 times]. And in each row, I 
send the argument "row1" or "row2".

I can't see how I could build this up dynamically, as it is, after all, 
nothing more than a looped iteration. So instead I am making this panel 
once, and then hopefully it will cover all of my needs for all of the 
sub areas of the website.

If anyone know how to build a Panel page, as an iteration through some 
kind of array [or in my case a 2d array: an array of arrays], I'd love 
to hear it as it would change how I am building this, and also make it 
so that I am not loading panels with 8 rows on pages where only 3 are 
needed, and it would also make it so that if I ever had a page with 10 
rows, I wouldn't have to go back and add 2 extra rows to all the 
existing panels either...

Thanks!

Seb.

Shai Gluskin wrote:
> Sebastian,
> 
> I think you are using the word "module" in a way that doesn't quite  
> make sense in a Drupal context. It sounds like what you are calling a  
> "module", Panels calls "pane".
> 
> It also seems like you are calling "View" what might be a row in a  
> View. Not quite sure.
> 
> But in any case I'm reasonably sure that Panels is robust enough to  
> cover your use-case.
> 
> Shai Gluskin
> 
> On Nov 27, 2009, at 10:04 PM, sebastian <inforazor at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi folks, here is a question about approach.
>>
>> I have a site design which has several large content modules, and  
>> within
>> them, several sub-modules.
>>
>> If I had only one module per page, I would do the following:
>>
>> 1 panel
>> 1+ views which call up the respective nodes
>>
>> But now I need a page that has:
>>
>> several panel-blocks with
>> x views per panel
>>
>> they need to be grouped like this, because each content-module has a
>> collapse/expand button, which will hide all the views associated to  
>> the
>> that panel [with a jquery nice effect].
>>
>> ... I don't think this can be done with the way panels work..., unless
>> there is a way to add panels within other panels?
>>
>> or another way to implement?
>> any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Sebastian.
>> -- 
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