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#1 2012-10-04 19:25:12

bici

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From: vancouver

Registered: 2004-02-24

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adding a logo to Admin Side Theme

Is it possible to add a logo of our choosing to the default ADMIN theme – ( or any themes for that matter)?

I think it would be nice to be able to for many reasons including :
a) easily add a logo related to the website one is working on.
b) makes it more personal for a person editing the site.
c) and offers a visual clue when one has to work on simultaneous websites to know which one we are on.

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#2 2012-10-04 21:41:26

MattD

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From: Monterey, California

Registered: 2008-03-21

Posts: 1,254

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Re: adding a logo to Admin Side Theme

smd_admin_themes is the key. It’s easier if you start with a theme that already has an image there, then create a new theme based on that theme.

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#3 2012-10-05 01:26:41

jstubbs

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From: Hong Kong

Registered: 2004-12-13

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Re: adding a logo to Admin Side Theme

My admin theme Khaki allows for this – at the moment it uses the site name but this can be switched to a logo quite easily.

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#4 2012-10-05 01:34:32

phiw13

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From: Japan

Registered: 2004-02-27

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Re: adding a logo to Admin Side Theme

My sandspaces admin theme can also easily be customized to use your company/site logo (instead of a text link to the site as it is now).

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Where is that emoji for a solar powered submarine when you need it ?
Sand space – admin theme for Textpattern

#5 2012-10-05 03:08:16

bici

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Re: adding a logo to Admin Side Theme

Many thanks for the suggestions. To me they are too complicated. I was simply wanting a way to add a logo to an area of the Classic default theme.
There s a very simple plug-in that accomplishers this in another CMS. I was hoping that TxP had a similar solution.

I would encourage that this be rolled into the core via a Preference option.

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#6 2012-10-05 12:56:55

uli

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From: Cologne

Registered: 2006-08-15

Posts: 4,306

Re: adding a logo to Admin Side Theme

bici wrote:

I was hoping that TxP had a similar solution.

Edit textpattern.css :)

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#7 2012-10-05 13:09:56

philwareham

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From: Haslemere, Surrey, UK

Registered: 2009-06-11

Posts: 3,564

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Re: adding a logo to Admin Side Theme

Hmmm. I’ll have a think about this.

We already have a way of removing Textpattern branding in the Hive admin theme, add this in your config.php file:

define('hive_theme_hide_branding', true);

Maybe I can investigate similar ways of getting a logo in there with minimal CSS amends to the core file.

Last edited by philwareham (2012-10-05 13:10:15)