Posted by eliza411 on November 25, 2009 at 7:52pm
Start:
2009-12-09 18:00 - 19:30 America/Los_Angeles Event type:
User group meeting
A theme has emerged from recent offers to present, namely, ways to avoid the use of panels. To round it out, I'm hoping one or two of the folks who use Panels will volunteer to do the Modules 101 introduction (what kind of problems does Panels solve and what are the gotchas associated for complete beginners) as well as a more hands-on example of how to use Panels.
Tentative Agenda
- Introductions and Call for Notetaker
- Modules 101: (shifthappens) A 5-10 minute overview of a Drupal module for beginners. This month: Panels. (beginner introduction)
- Panels: (shifthappens) A more advanced look at how to use panels. (beginner hands-on)
- Content Template: (jnicola) Using node-content_type.tpl.php instead of Panels. (beginner / intermediate)
- Context: (jhedstrom) Using the context module as an alternative to panels.
- Node Reference & Co.: (emptyvoid) Node reference / node relationships / modal dialog API / alternative to panels (advanced)
- Announcements: Items of Interest from User Group members
Logistics
We meet at the OpenSourcery offices at 1636 NW Lovejoy St. Portland, OR 97209. NOTE: Please be aware that the developers at OpenSourcery will be working right up to event time. We ask that you arrive no earlier than 5:50pm. Thank you!
After the presentation finishes we'll walk over to the Lucky Lab NW for food and drink.
Comments
One more
I believe Jonathan (jhedstrom) was planning to add a presentation about the use of the Context module as an alternative to panels. I for one would like to encourage him to do so. ;)
Sala kahle,
Grant
If jhedstrom doesn't present
If jhedstrom doesn't present on Context I would be happy to demo it. It has completely replaced my use of the block admin and I haven't run across a reason to use Panels since adopting it (although I could imagine one or two situations where Panels would be more flexible).
Hrm, I use it too and think
Hrm, I use it too and think it's pretty awesome, but it is still beta and there are issues. It does not play that well with blocks and you are really forced to do either-or, to all practical purposes. However, I find that the same is true of using multiple contexts that point to the same page. In this case it does not always work. I end up with an either-or on the two contexts as well, were one shows up and then if I turn it off, then the other shows up... and vice-versa. Both should work, to my way of looking at things. I also don't find it very good for splash pages and use panels for those instead. It would be good to see how others have overcome these issues, if at all.
Sala kahle,
Grant
Sorry to fill everyone's
Sorry to fill everyone's airwaves... but damn, I love this DUG! One, this meet-up will be very useful and interesting, but two, your comments spurred me on to thinking about Context slightly differently... with great results. Sweet!
Sala kahle,
Grant
I'd be happy to present on
I'd be happy to present on Context. It will basically be a re-hash of the Drupal Camp blocks presentation, but I'll focus more on context.
Small topic that I'd love to
Small topic that I'd love to see you cover in your presentation:
Sending a default argument to a View based upon the result value of a triggered context. Right now, I've got a context that triggers based upon a node's taxonomy. I've also go a View that filters related content based upon that node's taxonomy. In this case, it's not a big deal that I have to manage conditions in two places, but with more complex context triggers and when passing arguments to views via php code, it'd be great if I could handle all of this logic in one place.
Just a thought. Might be in the weeds. ;)
Cheers,
S
Tonight's meeting - are we covered for presenters?
I'm just checking to see if we are covered as far as presenters go for tonight's meeting.
If so, great!
If we need someone in a pinch, I'd be happy to handle the 5-10 minute Panels 101 topic and follow that up with a 15-20 minute hands-on Panel example (20-25 minutes total).
Brian Gilday
Municode
www.municode.com
That would be great
You had mentioned that you could cover panels, and I was hoping you would! As far as I know, no one else was planning to present.