Panels - Multi-Column-Layouts Through-The-Web

Panels allow us creating multi-column designs. We can use a views-like through-the-web interface to configure specific designs for different sections on our website.
http://drupal.org/project/panels

Introduction
- Panel Pages
- Panel Nodes
- Mini Panels

Advanced
- Page Manager - apply panels on a rules-basis to system pages like node view, node edit etc
- Ctools Context Integration - pass parameters/arguments to panels and forward them to included elements like views
- Custom Layouts - create custom layouts. Use Case: 960.gs Grid System

Slides as file:  Panels_-_Creating_Multi-Column-Layouts_Through-The-Web_-_DrupalCamp_Vienna_2009_dasjo.pdf