Urgent update!! Panels can be used successfully!! I recently scrolled through videos on YouTube and found a video on the Drupal 7 module of Panels that was extremely helpful. I decided to use my "About" page as my page strictly for using Panels and so far, it looks fabulous! My favorite, and the most helpful, part of the video was when he actually added content to the Panels. It seems like an easy step but I was going in to add and edit content a different way than he did, and the way in which he did it was quicker and worked. I included the video below for your convenience so if you're stuck on how to use Panels effectively, you'll have some help as well.
Some comments about the video, some of the steps he took in it did not exactly match what steps I had to take. So be cautious and do not panic; if he takes a step that you can not find on your screen, pause the video and take a moment to find it and catch up. I found myself pausing the video a lot to ensure that he was not ahead of me. Also, I am not too advanced of a Drupal user, so a lot of steps and information is still completely new to me. So as a result of that, I did not understand some portions of the video; I found myself bored with the first part (since I had already completed that), excited about the middle part and confused with the end of the video. That's okay with me though! I got what I wanted out of the video; a basic understanding of Panels and how to effectively use the module.
Video courtesy of YouTube.
Thanks for this link Kaycee! I'll include it for the next time I teach.
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