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10th February 2011
I'd like to make some CSS tweaks to the Dashboard, for example darkening the top gray bar. (If I'm not mistaken, Edublogs does something similar, as their Dashboard looks very refined.)
What's the best way to do this without risking any modifications being overwritten during an update?
Also, if I include a custom page in the Dashboard by creating a new page (for example, if I create a custom help/tutorials page), will it remain in an update?
I'd like to make some CSS tweaks to the Dashboard, for example darkening the top gray bar. (If I'm not mistaken, Edublogs does something similar, as their Dashboard looks very refined.)
What's the best way to do this without risking any modifications being overwritten during an update?
Also, if I include a custom page in the Dashboard by creating a new page (for example, if I create a custom help/tutorials page), will it remain in an update?
While its settings are dependent on individual user settings Easy Admin Color Schemes could possibly be tweaked to where Super Admin alone decides the color scheme for all users. The plugin is detailed at the following. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-admin-color-schemes/screenshots/
And actually, once activated, Fluency Admin's default settings will create a nice original look for your site. You can simply replace its default images to customize it sitewide for your site. It's at the following. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fluency-admin/
Lastly, the best way to accomplish the custom Dashboard page you're talking about is to create a plugin for it so it's maintained whenever updates occur.
Easy Admin Color Schemes looks good, but only promises compatibility up to 2.7...do you know if it's 3.0.x and 3.1 compatible, and multisite compatible?
I love Fluency but it breaks under some themes and plugins. :-(
As for the custom Dashboard page, I found sample plugin code (below) on WordPress.org that almost does what I need...I just don't know how to make the subpage appear under the Support menu created by the Incsub Support System plugin (and I don't know how to determine where it appears in the menu order)...still doing some learning on those functions.
<?php
add_action('admin_menu', 'my_plugin_menu');
function my_plugin_menu() {
add_options_page('My Plugin Options', 'My Plugin', 'manage_options', 'my-unique-identifier', 'my_plugin_options');
}
function my_plugin_options() {
if (!current_user_can('manage_options')) {
wp_die( __('You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.') );
}
echo '<div class="wrap">';
echo '<p>Here is where the form would go if I actually had options.</p>';
echo '</div>';
}
?>
And I'm sorry, I should have noted before all of the plugin talk that really, the best way to handle the admin colors currently is by way of a plugin that registers admin color schemes which is essentially what Easy Admin Colors does.
Oh and yes, I just checked Easy Admin Colors on a test site before posting the initial response so I know it works just fine! I think it's possible it might use some soon to be deprecated functions though. I'm not sure. But it works for now!
I also saw a forum post saying that it works fine in 3.x. So far I've found the same to be true.
Does anyone know how to tweak that plugin code to make the custom menu appear in the Incsub Support menu? It looks straightforward, but everything we try brings no joy.
Responses (5)
WPMU DEV Fanatic — 11th February 2011 #
Hello wpcdn,
While its settings are dependent on individual user settings Easy Admin Color Schemes could possibly be tweaked to where Super Admin alone decides the color scheme for all users. The plugin is detailed at the following.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-admin-color-schemes/screenshots/
And actually, once activated, Fluency Admin's default settings will create a nice original look for your site. You can simply replace its default images to customize it sitewide for your site. It's at the following.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/fluency-admin/
Lastly, the best way to accomplish the custom Dashboard page you're talking about is to create a plugin for it so it's maintained whenever updates occur.
Cheers,
David
Lifetime member! — 11th February 2011 #
Easy Admin Color Schemes looks good, but only promises compatibility up to 2.7...do you know if it's 3.0.x and 3.1 compatible, and multisite compatible?
I love Fluency but it breaks under some themes and plugins. :-(
As for the custom Dashboard page, I found sample plugin code (below) on WordPress.org that almost does what I need...I just don't know how to make the subpage appear under the Support menu created by the Incsub Support System plugin (and I don't know how to determine where it appears in the menu order)...still doing some learning on those functions.
WPMU DEV Fanatic — 11th February 2011 #
And I'm sorry, I should have noted before all of the plugin talk that really, the best way to handle the admin colors currently is by way of a plugin that registers admin color schemes which is essentially what Easy Admin Colors does.
For reference, here's the admin color scheme registration function.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_admin_color_schemes
Cheers,
David
WPMU DEV Fanatic — 11th February 2011 #
Oh and yes, I just checked Easy Admin Colors on a test site before posting the initial response so I know it works just fine! I think it's possible it might use some soon to be deprecated functions though. I'm not sure. But it works for now!
Cheers,
David
Lifetime member! — 11th February 2011 #
I also saw a forum post saying that it works fine in 3.x. So far I've found the same to be true.
Does anyone know how to tweak that plugin code to make the custom menu appear in the Incsub Support menu? It looks straightforward, but everything we try brings no joy.
Thanks,
Mark
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