Mini Panel
Mini panels are portable panels with 2 or 3 columns that display many types of content (custom content, view panes, menus, etc.) Once a mini panel is built it can then be placed as a block in any region of your site.
An Example of a mini panel
- 1.Click on
Structure
in the Administration menu bar and selectMini panels
- 2.Click
+
Add - 3.Under Administrative title, enter a unique name for your mini panel. Click
Continue
. - 4.Click
Continue
again (to skip the Context menu) and then select Two Columns Stacked and clickContinue
. - 5.Select Two Columns Stacked or Three Columns Stacked depending on how many columns you need. Click
Continue
. - 6.You can enter a title if you like, unless select the No title option under Title type.
- 7.Click on the gearbutton for the section you would like to add content to and select
Add content
- 8.Select New custom content
- 9.The WYSIWYG editor will open. Add a title and add content to the body section
- 10.Click
Finish
- 11.Repeat steps 9 – 12 for all other sections you would like to add content to
- 12.Once sections have been filled, click on the gearon each section and do the following:
- Select
Change
under Style. In the menu that pops up, select Bootstrap. SelectNext
. - Change Column Type to Small & medium devices. Change Column sizes (They must add up to 12). Set Offset size to none. Click
Save
.
- 13.Click
Save
.
/! Note: Please note that this mini panel will not appear anywhere on your site until it’s activated under Blocks or added to a page.
- 1.Click the
Home button
in the Administration menu bar. - 2.Once on the home page, click
Customize this page
(found at bottom of your screen). - 3.Under the Top or Bottom section, click
+
and selectMini panel
. - 4.Under Mini panel, select the title of the mini panel you created. Click
Finish
. - 5.Click
Save
at the bottom of the screen.
/! Note: Please note that if you use this method to add mini panels to a page it will show up on all your pages. If you add it the homepage it will show up on only the homepage.
- 1.Click on
Structure
in the Administration menu bar and selectBlocks
. - 2.Scroll down under the Disabled section of the list and look for your mini panel title it should be in the format: **Mini panel:“Mini panel name”**.
- 3.Click
configure
. - 4.In the
Region Settings
section select Content from the drop-down list. - 5.At the bottom of the page select the radio button option for only the listed pages
- 6.Enter the node number(s) of the page you would like the mini panel to appear on. With the format: node/number(node number can be found in the URL of the edit page section)
block configuration
- 1.Click
Save block
.
Last modified 4yr ago