[Drupal] How to use Panel module in Drupal?

Panels gives you the ability to create custom pages effortlessly. These custom pages can have multiple regions of content. Suppose, if you want to create a home page with a Slideshow, included in your page layout positioning on the top and two columns below it. Then panels help you to make it easily.

We can use Drupal's block system for this, but adding Panels to website enable to create more sophisticated displays of your content.

Required modules :

• Ctools

Since Panels works with the Page Manager module in ctools, benefits of the page manager module contribute to the control of your complex layouts. Page manager will enable you to take over most of the default displays in Drupal such as the display of content (nodes), profiles (users), category listings (taxonomy), and also the edit forms for each of these entities.

Here is how to use panels to design blocks in Drupal.