Wiki source code of Create a Panel

Last modified by Eleni Cojocariu on 2026/08/28 09:52

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1 A Panel of your own holds anything a wiki page can hold, and joins the list the Panel Wizard offers as soon as it is saved. What it is made of is described in [[Panels>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.panels.WebHome]].
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3 1. [[Open the Panel Wizard>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.panels.open-wizard.WebHome]] and click "Go to Panels".
4 1. Type the name of the Panel in the "Panel Title" field under "Create a new panel", then click "Create".(((
5 {{image reference="create-panel-form.png" size="large" alt="The Panel Title field and the Create button on the Panels home page"/}}
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7 1. Fill in "Name", "Panel type", "Category" and "Description", whose accepted values are listed in [[Panel Properties>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.panels.properties.WebHome]].(((
8 {{image reference="panel-fields.png" size="large" alt="The Name, Panel type, Category and Description fields of a new Panel"/}}
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10 1. Write the body of the Panel in the "Content" field, between the two Velocity macros that were inserted for you.(((
11 {{code language="velocity"}}
12 #panelheader('User Guide')
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14 * [[Sandbox>>Sandbox.WebHome]]
15 * [[Blog>>Blog.WebHome]]
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17 #panelfooter()
18 {{/code}}
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20 1. Click "Save & View".
21 1. The Panel is listed on the Panels home page and renders once you add it to a column, as follows:(((
22 {{image reference="create-result.png" size="medium" alt="The new Panel rendered in the left column with its two links"/}}
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