If you are a normal Html user, you should read the Html Solution instead. This section describes how to use a Box in a Drupal Panels module. If you are a Drupal user who is not using the Panels module, you can still use the Html Solution to add or attach a Box to your Drupal Node's content.
Brief Introduction of Panels
For Drupal users who use the Panels module, you might know a Pane or Panel can be boxed up. Refer to Figure 3 on the right.
This is a screenshot of part of the page when you access a Panel Page > Layout Settings. In a Panel Page, you can create many Panels. And in each Panel, you can create many Panes.
Panel Style
By default, Panels assigns a default panel style for all Panels on the Panel Page. You can alternatively assign different panel style for each panel.
When you are editing your content, you are further allowed to assign different panel style for each pane.
Panels by default ships with 3 styles:
- Default
- Rounded Corners
- List
How TBP extends Panels
The default 3 styles are not enough for building more customised themes. Moreover, developing your own Box requires time, patience and effort. Some Drupal users might already built some panel styles for your own use. But there are many others who hope to have instant solutions.
The majority of the Boxes found in the TBP library has a zip file which contains a Drupal solution. More detailed information on how to integrate a Box in Drupal can be found in the later part of this handbook. Thus, all you need to do is to browse through the library of boxes here at TBP, download the zip file, and unpack the contents to add on to the existing panel styles.
After you have added a TBP Box in your Drupal site, you will be able to use this Box as an option to box up any panel or pane.
Because TBP aims to build a big library of boxes, Drupal users can tap into this vast library. Box Developers are encouraged to include a Drupal solution as well when they submit their Box.
Panels 3
For Boxes with Box ID up to 122, TBP has included both Panels 2 (P2) and Panels 3 (P3) versions. When the TBP Library was first setup, there isn't any P3. Thus, the Boxes are all written for P2 users. Now that the Panels developers have ceased development on P2, and are focusing only on P3, TBP has upgraded existing P2 Boxes to P3, and will put up only P3 compatible Boxes in future.
P2 users can continue to search for P2 compatible Boxes in the library. If you are using the Search function, you can check the P2 or P3 checkbox to filter your search results. If you are looking at a Box's details, a P2 compatible Box will have the Panels 2 tag.
If there is a heavy request on a P3 Box to be available in P2, TBP will provide a P2 version on a case-by-case basis.
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