Making the most out of Layouts in Drupal 8

japerry

There are many ways to display your content in Drupal. With Drupal 8 we have even more options. From Display suite to Panels, Page manager to Panelizer, we will discuss some of the current best practices when it comes to future-proofing* your Drupal 8 site.

This session is geared towards those both starting out and those with prior experience building Drupal 7 and 8 sites. This session will explain many of the common scenarios different core and contrib modules should and should not be used.

Modules being looked at:

  • Layout Plugin
  • Panels
  • Page Manager
  • Panelizer
  • Display Suite
  • Paragraphs

The last part of the session will cover a high-level overview of where core and contrib is going, and how you can setup your site for a painless upgrade path

At the end of this session, viewers should have a good understanding of how each of these modules work, which is best for various use cases, and where they can contribute to the effort to make layouts better.

Session Track

Site Building

Experience Level

Beginner

Drupal Version