This document provides an overview and comparison of different page building tools in Drupal: blocks, Context module, and Panels module. Blocks allow placing content into regions defined by a theme, while Context and Panels provide more powerful and flexible options. Context allows managing conditions and reactions for site portions, and Panels provides a drag-and-drop page builder that places content visually into layouts. Both tools are more powerful than blocks, with Panels generally being more suitable for complex or variant page layouts and Context better for developer-driven or region-based sites.

1. CONSULTING DEVELOPMENT TRAINING & don’t forget videos!

3. Building Pages Blocks vs Context vs Panels

5. Regions

6. Blocks

7. Node

8. Widgets / Content provided by modules*

9. BLOCKS

11. Path

12. Roles

14. CONTEXT The advanced page builder

15. What is Context? “ Context allows you to manage contextual conditions and reactions for different portions of your site.” - http://drupal.org/project/context It is a module. http://drupal.org/project/context

16. Context UI

18. Views

19. Theme

21. Panels The visual page builder

23. PANELS UI

26. Views

28. Content within page is aware of other content

29. Not limited to template regions

31. Rapid Development

32. Control more than blocks

33. Exportable ❤

34. The FUTURE

36. Point-n-Click

37. Not dependent on template

38. Content/Context aware

41. Point-n-Click

42. Content/Context aware

44. Limited layout options

46. Complex page layouts