Making structure out of chaos: managing content with Paragraphs

Description

As developers at a large U.S. research university, it was essential that we create a quick and easy way to tailor nodes without the need for elaborate layouts and panelizing. Learn how a small web team stood apart from the crowd: we closed the door on Panelizing layouts and breathed new life into site-design using Paragraphs in an enterprise environment. Content contributors are now empowered with the components they need to manage their content layouts.

Key Points

• Setting up Paragraphs
• Laying-out using templates and Bootstrap (rather than solely CSS)
• No need to override pages or make intricate variants/templates
• Can extend the applications of Paragraphs to use anything from Views to images, even outputted Blocks & Panes
• Much better at accessibility than just using fields and correctly tagging/managing markup
• Ability to import & export Paragraphs with ease

In this session there will be:

• Identifying what situations are best suited for this technique, and when it is not necessary
• Contrasting this technique with others (including panels)
• Showcasing some case studies using templates and Bootstrap (rather than solely CSS)
• Walking through the steps to add and extend your first Paragraph

This session is perfect for:

• Site builders who want to give more power to the end-user
• Editors and content creators who are fed up with Drupal’s complex and inflexible content creation process
• Total beginners who want to be inspired and see what you can do with a fully configured Drupal site using Paragraphs