The Panels module allows a site administrator to create customized layouts for multiple uses. At its core it is a drag and drop content manager that lets you visually design a layout and place content within that layout. Integration with other systems allows you to create nodes that use this, landing pages that use this, and even override system pages such as taxonomy and the node page so that you can customize the layout of your site with very fine grained permissions.

Project Page

The drupal panels page is here - http://drupal.org/project/panels

Integration with Ctools module

Panels 3 utilizes the CTools' system of "context" so that the content you place on the page can be aware of what is being...

This post lists few helpful tips, tricks and code snippets around Dru. I have compiled them mainly form across the web, will try to credit the original site wherever possible.

Drupal admin and configuration:

1. Create a "HTML help" block and assign it to appear on only "node/*/edit" and "node/add/*"
2. Use the "edit permissions" link on admin/user/roles to get a single column
3. Use the Firefox Web Developer Toolbar to "Populate Form Fields" on the access page for the admin role
4. Use "site:drupal.org {search terms}" to search all of drupal.org with
   Google. Set up a Firefox shortcut so you can type "dru [your search]" to
   search Drupal. Also api.drupal.org/apis/{search_term}
5. When using pathauto to alias usernames, don't let users change their usernames.
6. Use...