At the moment, the only thing I can offer you is: http://drupalfun.com/content/converting-panels-3

I'm stuck in the same spot and now I find that I can't access modules at all.

Hours of work and I'm stopped dead in my tracks.

whats the matter guys? would you mind to tell exactly what the problem is? because i never had problems with panels 2 or 3, the only thing ive noticed is that some text strings have changed , i mean from the book to drupal, but everything else is fine, so please explain yourself and maybe we can find a solution.

well ive learned to use panels in the same way you did , trial and error, but as far as i can see the only thing that changes is the way you override the pages. The book says that we have to create a panel page to take over profiles but that changed in panels 3 because now it has the option to use "Handlers" to take over node pages like our profile page, you will notice that its even more easy now to make this changes because you dont really need to set the arguments so makes our lives simpler. So if you're using panels 3 what you have to do is:

-go to panels dashboard or panels list and on "Or customize a system page..." select "Node View".
-it takes us to this "Node View" page where , its supposed to be blank if you havent added a handler yet, we should click the dropdown button, select panel then click the "Add New Handler" Button.
-First Thing we have to set is the "Selection rules". This is going to tell our panel what is he going to override.
-we click the dropdown menu and select "Node Type", Add and when popup shows we must select the content type that we are going to take over.
-We Click on Save and then Continue
-Now Choose our layout, i like flexible layout but sometimes gets too messy =P.
-And Finally we add our Content to the panel and thats it , that basically how you take over a content type using panels 3, so we leave the "Add Custom Page" and "Add Panel Page" options alone and i only use them to make custom pages with custom layouts.

we dont need to worry about arguments because if you check the handler you have created it you automatically add the NodeID context and AuthorID.

so this is how i make panels , i might be wrong , but it worked for me and never had issues with that xD

i hope this helps a lil

It is the same, names changed within versions but its the same kind of view, anyway theres a new update for panels and ctools and they changed the way you administer this module but its basically the same old process

Even if you have been using Drupal for a few years, there are a few bugs still in Panels 3. I had to go back to 2 until fall 2009.
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Scratch that. Now the user interface has improved a lot. I'm on Panels 3-beta4.

I can't find the Node view... I see only this:

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/view/090723/7630302321_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/view/090723/2498343152_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

Add a handler for profile.

Wich Version of Panels and Ctools Are you Using?
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nvm, i saw your screenshots, for the newest versions of panels and ctools it is now called "Variant" , so you have to add a Variant wich is the same than a Handler

panels: 6.x-3.0-rc1
ctools: 6.x-1.0-beta4

I did this:

.../admin/build/pages -> node_view -> edit

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/view/090723/2498343152_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

-> add variant -> title: profile variant type: panel features: Selection rules -> add variant

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/view/090724/10163487951_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/view/090724/9759154192_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/view/090724/2106853293_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/view/090724/6423828814_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/view/090724/56022825_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/view/090724/7040681636_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/view/090724/1997279977_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

When you Selected wich content type were you going to add for that variant, you've selected them all... so you are going to take over all your content types... if you want it that way ok but it thought you wanted to take over Profile only...

Everything else seems to be ok

thx

Hey all
I'm running panels: 6.x-3.0-rc1 and CTools 6.x.1.0-rc1. Like a lot of people here I got stuck on page 32 of Dorien's book. But thanks to all of you who have commented, I have now found and set-up the node-view and added the variant so that the Selection rule reads:
This panel will be selected if Node being viewed is type "profile".
All seems good until I go to my profile and see the same old boring profile page I had before. The Panels hasn't replaced anything.
I have also enabled the content as per Dorien's book; but even if I take that out, it still shows the original profile, not the blank page the book tells me to see.
Please can someone guide me as to where I'm going wrong? I am a Drupal newbie so please be gentle...if I need to enable a module etc. please can you direct me there clearly?
Thanks everyone
Rob

Hey all
Quick update to my previous post - I managed to make it work by using "user_view" instead of "node_view".
Happy days!
Though please can you let me know if this is what I should be doing or am I going to run into trouble later? (gotta go to bed now!)
Cheers
Rob

Both ways seems to be ok, i personally never tried using the user page view so i dont know if that has any consecuences but i havent heard of them either, but just to make it clear about if your doing it right or wrong, doriens book says that we should take over an additional node content type because we can use the user% view as a "preview" of all our profile tools like notifications , facebook style statuses, subscriptions and so, also it give us a way to add teasers and this profile button wich is also very helpfull once you add the gmap module wich lets you search users on gmap and shows this button with direct link to that user profile. i dont know but in my opinion its better this way. anyway depends on what you looking for =)

Hi xdemianx

Thanks for your feedback. I feel I should use the node/view one as it will flow better with the other points you mentioned. However, I'm still stuck with having the panel replace the profile page.

At the moment, when I navigate to "My Account", I am linked to a "View" tab that shows the Profile information I enter and the "History" underneath. These are the steps I took to get where I am; please can you see where I went wrong?

1. Administer>content management>content type>profile:
a. I followed "automatic title generation" as per book
b. I entered the word "profile" in both "Name" and "Type".
c. Under the tab "Content Profile" I selected:
i. "Display the content's teaser"
ii. "Show a link to the content profile..."
iii. "Show a tab at the user's page"
iv. "Use on registration"
v. "Hide Form fields" > "Avatar". (I did this as I could not see any other way of making the Avatar "invisible" as per the book.)

2. Administer>site building>panels>panel page>list:
a. I enabled the System, Node View which consists of the path /node/%node.
b. I "added a variant" and named it "Profile". (I did not change anything else on this page)
c. Under "Selection Rules" I added "Node:type" and selected only "profile".

Then I saved and updated everything.

Now at this stage I should hope to see that the profile is blank when I navigate to it under "My Account". But it's still showing.
Even if I now try to add content to the panel, nothing changes. Please can you tell me where I have gone wrong?

Thanks

Rob

Hi,
i'm a drupal newbie and my english is not so good (sry).

I had the same problems to overwrite the standard profile page and followed the little tutorial of xdemianx. (thx for that)

It seems to be a little tricky to overwrite the userprofile with the System Node View. It won't overwrite the page with the URL "/user/uid". BUT it shows my "panel-made"-profile when I call the URL "node/nid". And I think this is what it should do, should'nt it?

By creating a Variant it seems that the selection rule was not saved. I had to create the selection rule again, after I saved the Variant. I also had to enable the Variant - not only the Node View.

Now I think I should tell Drupal to call the profile site not with the URL "user/uid", but to call it with "node/nid"?

Well I try to follow the book again and I will see what will happen...

greetings

With the first RC just release from Panels 3, I can start thinking about updating the ebook.

I think that would be a good idea!

Till then, can you give us a hint, if its better to create a Variant for Node-View or for User-View?

I see, I have to use "node-view" for creating the user profile.

But I still have the problem that it won't overwrite my standard profile page. Furthermore it won't overwrite the standard registration page.

Why does my "selection rule" in my Panel Variant not work?

How can I tell drupal to use the node-, instead the user-path.

EDIT:
When I choose "show link to user-profile" in the content-profile it works. I get the link to the profile view. When I choose "show full content" I see the content of my profile, but not as I placed it in my panel...

Well I'll try on...

I tried everything as said but the button I created when it is clicked it doesn't display the profile page modified by the panels module, this is an upgrade for me as I was using panels 2 before. I am now using rc1 for both panels and ctools. What I see is the profile without any modification. located at (http://localhost/content/abeaudrian) abeaudrian is the username.

Please advise what else I can try. It is a pity a thorough step by step approach is not available for the latest release of these modules- rc1, since the latest release is what is recommended.

Regards

Adrian

Thanks for all your help and comments. I'm still stuck and can't work out why. I've undone everything and I think I've narrowed down the problem to the content profile node. Under the "User Page Display Style" the "don't display..", "display it as a link..." and the "display the full content" options all work but the teaser mode doesn't.
I'm using the content profile "content_profile-6.x-1.0-beta4". Is anyone else using this and had the same problem?

Also, is there anyway that I can check the PHP code to make sure that when the teaser mode is selected it's calling the right content?
And finally, if not, can I use the "link" tab instead and amend the link that appears and make that a button?

Thanks again for all your help guys - I'm really looking forward to getting over this step and on to the next one!
Rob

How much Belgian chocolate do I need to send over to the States to make you upgrade your e-book to Panels 3 , Dorien ?

Hi Dorien

I just read again what I sent and you are right for asking for a minute lol :). I am just looking forward to getting this challenge solved sorry for being so hasty. ;)

The screenshot links are below.

http://a2z-caribbean.com/panels/dashboard.jpg
http://a2z-caribbean.com/panels/pageslist.jpg
http://a2z-caribbean.com/panels/nodetemplate.jpg
http://a2z-caribbean.com/panels/nodeprofile.jpg
http://a2z-caribbean.com/panels/selectionrules.jpg
http://a2z-caribbean.com/panels/context.jpg
http://a2z-caribbean.com/panels/content.jpg
http://a2z-caribbean.com/panels/profile.jpg

I was really glad when I realised that the same person who wrote views wrote panels and that a release candidate is finally out and he commented on the project page that it is working well.

Anyway I am looking forward to getting the profile tidied up, so I can develop the rest of my site. Thanks for your help.

I await your reply

Regards

Adrian

Abeudrian,
Judging by your screenshots , I've got the exact same setup as you.

Only thing that I have different is that I didn't touch the user_view ... I only edited the node_view in /admin/build/pages

profile page is not being taken over either.

this videotut might be of interest too : https://webadmin.unt.edu/wiki/set-faculty-and-staff-profiles-page-drupal

edit (1 hour later) //
I got the user/% page pimped !
so now, when I surf to drupal/user/1 I get the pimped Panels3 version as in here : screenshot

Please find conversion guide to the latest Panels 3.2 here:

http://drupalfun.com/content/converting-panels-3

The guy at the link below has an outline of creating a frontpage using Panels 3.....it really helped me out in understanding the concept using Panels 3.

http://drupal.org/node/206792