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Re: Txp Admin
Jakob wrote
One of the problems is that an admin area needs to be something different to all people, whether different classes of admin users (admin/dev or normal author) or simply different txp users who use txp for different purposes and would prefer this that or the other. Ideally, the admin area should be adaptable – certain core areas will always be present, others will need to be adaptable.
This is really the only way I can see the back-end moving forward. Currently there are a bunch of discussions, with no solutions coming from any of them. Sure, there are a lot of great ideas and interesting takes on how to “improve” the admin – but so far they have all been dead-ends. I’ve been wrong before – so please correct me if there’s real work being done on this – other than crockery.
I think rather than asking “how can I get my particular design implemented” – I think the real question is “is there a solution for getting the admin updated in a way that allows it to be customized like so many of us want/need?”.
I don’t suggest to know how to make it happen. I’m just playing “captain obvious” and pointing out that is the conversation that should be happening – instead of this one.
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Last edited by renobird (2008-07-07 02:39:15)
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#32 2008-07-06 21:25:10
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Re: Txp Admin
renobird wrote:
I think rather than asking “how can I get my particular design implemented” – I think the real question is “is there a solution for getting the admin updated in a way that allows it to be customized like so many of us want/need?”.
I totally agree.
Ideally this would go far beyond purely visual tweaks (tabs vs drop-down etc.) and allow us to specify what users with different privileges have control over. ied_hide_in_admin and tame_privs are a great help, but somehow I feel something similar should be integrated into the core.
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Re: Txp Admin
Here is an updated look at the sidebar, the plan is make it so you click the box and it expands with the functions.
“http://www.simplecandy.com/txp1.png”
Also if anyone wants to play with this mockup to get a feel of it, I uploaded a demo here: http://simplecandy.com/txp/write.html
Last edited by driz (2008-07-06 22:32:15)
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