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#151 2009-12-07 13:10:49
Re: Admin Side Theming! (r3149)
As I understand it Bert, an admin theme can make modifications to the header and footer via the .php file but the rest of the page has been left to the wiles of the plugin writers to do their darnedest with. I gather several “pluggable_ui” hooks have been added for this purpose.
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#152 2009-12-07 13:26:52
Re: Admin Side Theming! (r3149)
Bert, I suppose you are referring to the ‘write’ tab. If you click on the ‘more’ heading, it will collapse (if the box below is expanded). With my personal theme, the submit button is then 610px from the top of the browser window – and with the remora theme it is 550px.
I suppose you could write a little plugin to move the submit button to the top of the page – I even think such a plugin might already exist, but my memory is fuzzy… :=)
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#153 2009-12-07 15:31:49
Re: Admin Side Theming! (r3149)
Stuart, I’m looking into what a plugin can do to the look and feel of the backend, though in my case I think it would be easier to remove the Preview button on the forms tab and that will move the Save button up.
Philippe, the Write tab is fine, as you point out with the More link collapsed the Save button is above the fold.
After using Textpattern for 4 years now, I know what I can jettison from the admin. The Tag Builder is something I’ve never used, in it’s place the form name, type and save buttons could happily move in. I spend a lot of time in the Presentation section of the admin and a few tweaks here and there would make my time more productive. I know that the admin area has been kept the same for plugin compatibility between releases and I’m not here to campaign for changes. Since I don’t use any plugins that affect the look and feel of the admin, I can easily make what changes I need and merge my mods when a new release comes out.
Maybe we should of called r3149, Admin Personas ;)
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#154 2009-12-08 00:09:43
Re: Admin Side Theming! (r3149)
hcgtv wrote:
Philippe, the Write tab is fine, as you point out with the More link collapsed the Save button is above the fold.
Ah, the forms tab. I reshuffled the html code on my side :-) it takes up only 4 lines now (instead of 7).
screenie: http://dev.l-c-n.com/_b/txp_forms.png
I’ll dig into the code and generate a patch if you want it (I think I even submitted one to the mailing list, once upon a time).
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#155 2009-12-08 02:01:42
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#156 2009-12-08 04:29:01
Re: Admin Side Theming! (r3149)
phiw13 wrote:
Ah, the forms tab. I reshuffled the html code on my side :-) it takes up only 4 lines now (instead of 7).
screenie: http://dev.l-c-n.com/_b/txp_forms.png
Yes, you’re on the same path as I. I got rid of the preview and made it even leaner. But looking at the Pages and Style tabs, one wonders why the Forms save dialogue is different, my only guess it’s about the protected forms.
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If you ask me accesskeys might help some. Can be done easily with a little plugin.
I was thinking the same thing, when Textbook turned up nothing, I figured that it wasn’t an option.
Remora is growing on me though, so I’ll use it as the basis for my own theme, at least what I can achieve via CSS. I’ve already jettisoned the Tag Builders and widened the Textareas. What I’m trying to accomplish is a consistent look between the Pages, Forms and Style Tabs. I don’t want to have to stop and think what tab I’m on, where are the buttons, I just want to concentrate on the coding of a site’s theme.
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#157 2010-03-13 10:05:14
Re: Admin Side Theming! (r3149)
A small CSS fix of Remora theme for IE6/7 is:
from: #nav a {display: inline-block;
to: #nav a {display: block;
Now the menus will show up correctly, and with no need to add a div tag as I posted here in the previews page.
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#158 2010-10-19 14:06:40
Re: Admin Side Theming! (r3149)
blue dragon, thanx LOADS for that fix!! works great with IE7. i’ll include that in my standard custom remora css.
until recently, i hadn’t realized how messy remora looked on win IE, came as a bit of a shock … (it still does on IE6, btw …)
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#159 2010-10-19 17:40:09
Re: Admin Side Theming! (r3149)
THE BLUE DRAGON wrote:
A small CSS fix of Remora theme for IE6/7 is:
Somehow I missed this fix when it was the first time around. It’s commited now. Thanks!
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