omahm's sandbox: Panel Pane Scheduler

Panel Pane Scheduler provides 2 access plugins for scheduling the display of Panels Panes.

The first plugin (Date time schedule) gives the user the option to display or hide a Panels pane
if the current date falls between a 'Display from' and 'Display until' date and
time range.

The second plugin (Date time recurring schedule) lets the user setup a recurring schedule with the options of
daily, weekly, monthly and yearly patterns and this can run forever, a number of times or until a certain date.

This module requires the Chaos Tools (ctools) and Panels modules.It has the benefit of not needing to make a cron call to set the visibility status of a pane.

Uses

• Display time critical messages, down to the very minute.
• Add embargoed content to your site (e.g. campaign/press launch).
• Added seasonal messages or calendar date specific content.
• Schedule the display of panes to provide fresh content to end users.

How to use

Date time schedule

• Click on the settings cog of a Panels pane.
• Under 'Visibility rules' click on 'Add new rule'.
• From the 'Add visibility rule' form select the 'Date time schedule' radio option and click 'Next'.
• Select a date time range for both 'Display from' and 'Display until' form fields.
• To hide the pane within the date range, check the 'Reverse (NOT)' option. It will be visible outside of this range.

Date time recurring schedule

• Click on the settings cog of a Panels pane.
• Under 'Visibility rules' click on 'Add new rule'.
• From the 'Add visibility rule' form select the 'Date time recurring schedule' radio option and click 'Next'.
• Select a date from value, recurring duration option and pattern option.