Panels page or Panels node - which to use? I have two content types for a theatre listings site:


Production: title, description, image gallery, video
Show: date, ticket cost, production (nodereference to Production)


So a single Production node that runs for 14 nights will have 14 Show nodes linked to it. Simple.

Each Production page will pull together a list of Shows (using a View), images, video and maybe some other stuff. So I think Panels would be useful for this display.

But I'm struggling to understand whether it's best to create a single Panels page for this (that maybe overrides the default display of Production content type) or turn Production into a Panels node. The layout will be the same for each Production, so maybe a single Panels page is best?

The Production node edit page has to be simple and easy to edit, so making it a Panels node might add complexity?

Essentially, this boils down to what are the main differences between Panels page and Panels node?
"Essentially, this boils down to what are the main differences between Panels page and Panels node?"

A Panel page takes over the layout of the entire page. It can override one or more full pages. 

A Panel node takes over one or more node(s) layout.