14. Context, Relationships, and Arguments in Panels

Panels incorporates a few major features that take you from the basics to real complexity. Like Views, Panels has multiple ways to bring your content together. Context, relationships, and arguments are not all unfamiliar, and as in Views, they add a layer of flexibility to your panels.

Like Views, Panels does not have access to every piece of data found in your system. It starts with a base level of access, and then, with the use of other functions, you can make more data available as panes. When you create basic panel pages, you may have a limited amount of content available to be added to individual panes. Using arguments, relationships, and contexts, you can build connections between pieces ...

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