This document summarizes new options for theming and layouts in Drupal using Panels and Display Suite. It discusses using these modules to create templates for different content types, print fields, manage node displays, create landing and home pages, and share styles between layouts in a more maintainable way than traditional theming.

1. Panels and Display Suite The Future of DrupalThemingBy Brent RatliffMediacurrent Consultant Drupalcamp Atlanta 2010 October 2, 2010

2. Brent Ratliff Drupal.org/user/175971 Twitter.com/brentratliff Blog: laminarlogic.com Email: brent.ratliff@mediacurrent.com

3. Content Types Building blocks of content Create a node type for each “template” Theme it

4. Event Node Layout

5. Core Node Display UI

6. DevelThemer Module

7. I want to print a CCK image field <?php print $content->WTH[‘?’][‘HUH’]; ?> $node->field_image_cache['0']['filepath'];

8. Theming is Painful to Maintain

9. Event Layout in Display Suite

10. Multiple Content Types in DS

11. Node Display Fields UI

12. Views Display Style UI

13. Event Layout in Panels

14. Panels Node Display UI

16. Multiple Content Types in Panels

18. Landing Pages in Panels

19. Panels Home Page

20. Reusable Styles in Panels

21. Skinr

22. References http://drupal.org/project/ds http://mustardseedmedia.com/podcast/episode40 http://mustardseedmedia.com/podcast/episode41 http://drupal.org/project/panels http://drupal.org/node/496278 http://bit.ly/bVcIxs http://bit.ly/d7Ztjv http://drupal.org/node/700056