I am having some issues with panels. I inherited a site where users use panels to create a 3 column layout for a certain type of page. (http://library.drake.edu/pharm-virtual-lib)
I thought that cloning a panels page would make a copy of that page and its panels, under different node names and ids. Instead it appears to basically make an alias that presents the exact same page under a different path, so editing any content on this cloned page edits the original page that was cloned as well.
I think that what I should probably do is create a new content template or type that has the desired layout and have all future pages of this type use that new template/type.
Am I completely butchering/bastardizing the intent of panels. Is my impulse to create a new content type with a specific layout the correct approach? Should I be looking at this in a different light?
Any feedback or general suggestions of things to read so I feel like I have a clue would be much appreciated.
Thanks,