Programmatic creation of panels
Hi
Is there a Programmatic way to import an exported panel? I have created some panels and I want to load them, on mass, into a new site. Assuming the content types , views etc are all identical - can this be done? I cant seem to find anything related to this...
Thanks in advance!
Bryan
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It's possible!
Looking at the ctools_plugin_example of the CTools package, you'll find a programmatic definition of a panel in ctools_plugin_example.pages_default.inc. It's implemented in hook_default_page_manager_pages.
The key to make it work it the implementation of hook_ctools_plugin_api. You'll find it implemented in ctools_plugin_example.module. Without this hook_default_page_manager_pages isn't called.
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Update: Have you tried the Bulk Exporter module? It generates code for a module defining your panel stuff. Really impressive...
Look at APK / AF
Advanced Profile Kit and Advanced Forum (2.x only) both use variants from code so you can look to those for examples.
Michelle
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The CTools example only shows
The CTools example only shows 1 handler. I have multiple handlers. How do you import them all at once? I have a folder with about 15 .inc file exports of node_view tasks.