Problems with 4.3.1 Creating a panel page

Submitted by erdubya on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 07:31
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The steps in 4.3.1 are quite confusing

1. Create a panel page (/admin/panels/panel-page) (Panels Module)
I go there and see a very descriptive page. Towards the bottom is a link to create a panel page. It reads as follows:
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Panels-pages are now handled by the delegator.module which can handle both panels as pages as well as other rendering engines. Please activate the delegator module which is part of the CTools package, and then visit administer >> build >> pages
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So I click the pages link (or the /admin/build/pages path) and from that page I click on the 'Add page' tab.

So I guess this is where I'm supposed to be... but not sure. Because immediately following that, you have step 2 which says, "choose a layout, lets take the two column stacked layout".

But there is nowhere to choose any layout. Just 3 fields:
Name
Administrative Title
Path

So I skip step 2, because there is no way to accomplish step 2 and go to step 3 (name the panel "profile) and step 4 ( set the path to "node/%".

I click the continue button to presumably go to step 5 and 6, and then I'm hit with an error for the path setting
"That path is already in used. This system cannot override existing paths."

So how can I get past this issue and continue with the tutorial?

The screenshots are at http://drop.io/erdubya_drupalfun

you'll have to download them to see them in full view.

please help!

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1. Are you using Panels 2 or

Submitted by dorien on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 14:49.

Are you using Panels 2 or panels 3 (because the latter is not yet ready for use)?

Make sure you also have the "submodule" panel pages enabled. It doesn't look like this on the screenshot

2. Figured it out.. Thx!

Submitted by erdubya on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 16:24.

Thanks Dorien for the quick reply.

3. Did you follow Tom's idea?

Submitted by mgwinthrop on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 19:56.

erdubya,

I am having the same issue you described. Did you follow the steps that Tom posted or did you do something else?

Thanks,

4. Panels 3 works okay

Submitted by Tom on Tue, 02/24/2009 - 07:33.

erdubya,

I think Panels 3 works okay, despite warnings that it's not ready. Panels 2 may be better, but if you want to use the newer version and make bug reports and all that, you can.

This step will be different though. The node/% page is already created for you in P3 as Node View and uses the argument %node by default.

So next to Node View, just click on Operations -> Task Handlers

Choose Panel and then "Add New Handler"

Then on the next screen (Selection Criteria) choose "select by node type" and add that and set the node type ot Profile.

And then it's substantially the same as in Dorien's manual.

It works okay for me so far.

5. Panels 3 is about to go beta

Submitted by charos on Wed, 04/22/2009 - 22:38.

Pretty soon Panels 3 will reach beta release ( check http://www.angrydonuts.com/panels-3-approaching-beta) so right now it's fairly a good time to start experimenting with it. Personally I wait for the APK to reach a beta before switching to Panels 3.

@Tom : So you've set up profiles with Panels 3 and rest stuff from Dorien's book and everything works fine?

@Dorien: Did you play around with Panels 3 at all? Sooner or later you'll have to switch to Panels 3 in the ebook since the Panels 2 will be nulled and removed from Module's repository as far I know and new readers will struggle with it.

6. Similar Issues

Submitted by cuboree on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 02:27.

I don't have the option to select a layout from the panel pages page.

This is what i have.
http://www.weediki.com/help/Picture1.png

This is panels-6.x-3.2

7. try going to

Submitted by dorien on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 11:19.

try going to /admin/build/panels instead of /admin/build/page

and see that you have ctools installed.

8. Followed Path/Can't Follow Directions

Submitted by cuboree on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 23:47.

Okay so i've gone to /admin/build/panels and i'm given this screen.

http://www.weediki.com/help/Picture2.png

Then I clicked the Panel Page link to the left, which leaves me with the following page:

http://www.weediki.com/help/Picture3.png

But then don't have the options of selecting a "Two Column Stacked" layout.

Tried to follow the rest of the information however i get the following error.

http://www.weediki.com/help/Picture4.png

So i tried to change the path name to "node/%profile", but it then tells me it's already taken.

So now I'm not sure where to go.

Everything for the module to work is installed.

So stumped again.

Just as a side note. It would be great if on this site there was an addendum to the book with the most recent updates. Thus eliminating the need to post updated module questions.

Thanks for the help.

9. Anyone...

Submitted by cuboree on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 01:27.

Anyone know where to go from here? Appreciate the help.

10. I decided Panels was just too

Submitted by Tom on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 04:29.

I decided Panels was just too much module for what you get out of it. Basically, I do it at the theme level with custom

*tpl.php files now

It can be a bit daunting to get started, but it will be stable, no security updates (unless the theme system changes), low processor overhead, and filesystem based (instead of DB based).

A bit of work getting your head around templates in Drupal, but worth it.

11. Thanks Tom however....

Submitted by cuboree on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 23:31.

it defeats the point of having the book if i'm just going to do my own thing.

Perhaps once i've become more accustomed to using Drupal and it's theme engine i'll attempt your method.

12. Fair enough

Submitted by Tom on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 02:23.

Fair enough cuboree

I think there's still a lot of value in Dorien's book. It gives you a starting point and then you can modify from there.

But I understand that Drupal can be dizzying. It certainly won't hurt to build based on the book and then modify once you're up and running.