Panelized pages¶
DKAN uses Panels as a layout manager for all pages. Panels lets the site editor lay out page elements called “panes.” These are essentially the same as “blocks” in the Context and core Blocks modules, and all blocks are available as panes within Panels. Depending on the page you’re working one, however, certain additional panes may also be available that would not appear as blocks outside of Panels. Note that in many Panels dialogs the words “pane” and “content” are used interchangeably.
Using the in-place editor (IPE)¶
All panelized pages give higher user roles access to the Panels In-Place Editor (IPE) interface. See Drupal’s documentation for more information on this tool.
DKAN’s customized IPE interface¶
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Altering properties of existing components in Panels-based pages¶
Go to a page managed by a Panels layout (in this case the DKAN homepage) and click “Customize this page”:
Use the drag and drop controls to rearrange a given pane:
Save changes:
The updated page gets rendered:
Adding new panes to Panels-based pages¶
Go to a page managed by a panel layout and click Customize this page:
Click the “plus” sign (“+”) to add a new pane to any given panel region:
Select which pane to add:
New pane is added to layout on save:
Altering the layout of an existing page¶
Go to the page that need changes and click Change Layout:
Select new layout:
Choose where existing panes belong in the new layout:
Click Save and enjoy the new page:
Featured Group Grid Pane¶
![Featured groups display][Featured groups display] DKAN comes with a featured groups grid pane that you can add to any panelized page. To add it,
- Select the region where you want to add featured groups, and click the upper left gear and select ‘Add Content’.
- On the overlay that appears, select the ‘View panes’ category on the left, then click the ‘+Add’ button on the Featured Group grid pane option.
- The next screen will ask how many groups to display. The grid is 6 columns wide so enter 6, 12, 18, or 0 to display all groups. Click ‘Finish’ to save.
- Then click the ‘Update and save’ on the panel configuration screen.
![Select the featured groups pane][Select the featured groups pane] ![Enter the number of groups][Enter the number of groups]
To change the order in which the groups display, navigate to the [siteroot]/admin/dkan/featured-groups-sort-order screen. You should see a link to it in the black Administration Menu Bar at the top under DKAN.
![Change the order of the groups][Change the order of the groups]
Dataset list filtered by group and/or tag¶
If you would like to add a list of datasets filtered by a specific group or by a certain tag, follow these steps:
- Select the region where you want to add the dataset list, and click the upper left gear and select ‘Add Content’.
- On the overlay that appears, select the ‘View panes’ category on the left, then click the ‘+Add’ button on the Custom Filtered Dataset List option.
- The next screen show the settings for the panel. You can set a custom title, set the pager, filter by group or by tag. Click ‘Finish’ to save.
- Then click the ‘Update and save’ on the panel configuration screen. ![Add a filtered dataset list][Add a filtered dataset list] ![Adjust the list settings][Adjust the list settings]
DKAN Pages that can be managed through the In-Place Editor¶
In addition to the front page, the following pages have been converted to panels in the DKAN distribution s far:
Datasets Page¶
Dataset Page¶
Data Dashboards and the In-Place Editor¶
Data dashboards are blank panelized pages that can be filled in with any available widgets. If you want to easily create dashboard pages you can use the “Data Dashboard” content type provided by DKAN as shown on the following steps:
- Go to the Data Dashboards section following DKAN > Data Dashboards on the navigation menu.
- Click on ‘Create Dashboard’.
- Fill in the data dashboard title and choose the desired layout.
- Click ‘Save’ and that’s it! After the data dashboard is created you can start adding content to the page using the IPE editor.
