Panels and Display Suite The Future of DrupalTheming

By Brent RatliffMediacurrent Consultant

Drupalcamp Atlanta 2010October 2, 2010

Brent Ratliff

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Content Types

• Building blocks of content

• Create a node type for each “template”

• Theme it

Event Node Layout

Core Node Display UI

DevelThemer Module

I want to print a CCK image field

• <?php print $content->WTH[‘?’][‘HUH’]; ?>

• $node->field_image_cache['0']['filepath'];

Theming is Painful to Maintain

Event Layout in Display Suite

Multiple Content Types in DS

Node Display Fields UI

Views Display Style UI

Event Layout in Panels

Panels Node Display UI

Multiple Content Types in Panels

Landing Pages in Panels

Panels Home Page

Reusable Styles in Panels

Skinr

References

• http://drupal.org/project/ds

• http://mustardseedmedia.com/podcast/episode40

• http://mustardseedmedia.com/podcast/episode41

• http://drupal.org/project/panels

• http://drupal.org/node/496278

• http://bit.ly/bVcIxs

• http://bit.ly/d7Ztjv

• http://drupal.org/node/700056