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Movie Project: Build the Homepage for Drupal 7

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In this exercise you will combine knowledge of Panels and Views to create a complex page layout.

Goal

Create a layout for the home page.

Prerequisites

You will need the following knowledge and skills. If you need a review, check out the Additional resources section at the bottom of this page.

  1. Configure the home page.
  2. Build a complex page layout using Panels.

Wireframe reference

You will need to refer to the wireframe collection PDF.

  • Home page

Screenshot of finished home page:

Image

Tasks

Create views blocks for Recent Lists, Latest Reviews, and News. (Note: For this stage don’t add the links to the Latest Reviews content on the right side of the wireframe.)

Create a quicktab instance to display the Homepage News.

Create a panels page with the path: homepage.

Configure the site to use homepage for the front page.

Hints

  • Try and understand the architectural concept of how the homepage is constructed.

Recap

  • Quicktabs can contain a range of content, but is most often used for views.
  • Quicktabs can be placed within Panels.

Further your understanding

Additional resources

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Drupal Training Resources by Damian Robinson are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Based on a work at http://www.damianrobinson.co.uk.

Hands-On Exercises: Movie Project