blocks & layouts in d7 - josef dabernig
DESCRIPTION
Drupal 7 site builders are presented with a variety of tools to create complex layouts. In this session, I will talk about our in-house tool-chain at drunomics for building sites with dynamic layouts.TRANSCRIPT
BLOCKS & LAYOUTSFrom Drupal 7 to 8
@DASJOJosef Dabernig
THIS IS MY FAVORITE BLOCKS & LAYOUTS RELATED MODULE
IT ALL BEGINS…
• Themes
• Regions
• Blocks
• Templates
BASICS
CORE BLOCKS
CHALLENGES
• Too much going on at admin/structure/block
• Can’t export block configuration
• Custom blocks depend on global “context” information$node = node_load(arg(2));
• Content region vs. other regions
COMPOSITION PATTERNS
• Custom blocks
• Contextual views
• EVA
• and…
COMPOSITION PATTERNS
• Custom blocks
• Contextual views
• EVA
• and…
COMPOSITION PATTERNS
• Context
• Panels
• Display suite
• and…
BLOCKS & LAYOUTS
BLOCKS & LAYOUTS
CONTEXT, DISPLAY SUITE &
PANELS
CONTEXT
• React & do something
• Conditionally place blocks
DISPLAY SUITE• Extends “manage display”
• Use custom layouts
• Define view modes
• Code fields, dynamic fields, block fields, preprocess fields
PANELS
• The most successful layout solution for Drupal 7
• Huge ecosystem, includes Page manager, “Panels Context”, Panelizer, In-place editor, CTools content plug-ins, …
PUSH ~ PULL
CONTEXT ~ PANELS, DS
PAGE VARIANTS
SELECTION RULES
LAYOUT SELECTION
CONTENT PLACEMENT
PAGE MANAGER
PANELIZER
IN-PLACE EDITOR
PANELS
• Panels everywhere (take over regions & page.tpl)
• Page manager existing pages
• Fieldable panels panes (embeddable entities)
• Field API Pane Editor (D8 in-place editing, Spark)
VIEWS CONTENT PANES
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WSCCI + SCOTCH ≈
DRUPAL 8
• Blocks are Plugins
• Object-oriented
• Extensible
• Annotation config
DRUPAL 8
• Block library
• Custom blocktypes
• Fields, revisions& view modes
DRUPAL 8
• Place block instances
DRUPAL 8
• Twig instead of .tpl.php
DRUPAL 8
THANKS & HAPPY BUILDING
• Blocks https://groups.drupal.org/node/160144
• Introduction to Panopoly by Adrian Webb(Panels screenshots) http://prezi.com/0l_derrjnmbx/introduction-to-panopoly/
CREDITS