** UPDATE: I will be unable to attend DrupalCampNYC 8, but will gladly share my slides and presentation notes if anyone else wishes to present this session. **
** NOTE: This is the same session I did at Drupaldelphia and DrupalCamp Colorado. **
There are ways to organize a page before it gets rendered to the screen. The purpose of this presentation is to show what Drupal does out of the box (blocks/regions) and then show 2 alternatives that provide more flexibility (context & panels). We will identify the strengths and weaknesses of each and provide examples for situations where one is more suited than the other.
Agenda
What topics will your session cover?
- What are blocks and regions?
- How do blocks and regions work?
- What are some of the current issues with just using blocks?
- What is Context?
- How do Context work?
- What are the benefits of context?
- What are the limitations of context?
- What is Panels?
- How do Panels work?
- What are the benefits of Panels?
- What are the limitations of Panels?
Goals
What should people come away from your session with?
- Basic understanding of options beyond core to build pages.
- Building pages that show content that is aware of each other
- How and why it's important to build a site with exportable data (version control)
- Suggestions of a few good base themes that work well with Context
Resources
What resources related to you session should people be aware of?
http://dgo.to/context - http://mustardseedmedia.com/podcast/episode38
http://dgo.to/panels - http://drupalmao.com/redesign
http://dgo.to/omega
http://dgo.to/zen
** UPDATE: I will be unable to attend DrupalCampNYC 8, but will gladly share my slides and presentation notes if anyone else wishes to present this session. **
