Backend total customization

Tyson Chouinard
(@nicco)

16 years, 3 months ago
I’m using WordPress for clients; made a theme from scratch with custom loops and so on.

Anyway I would like to redesign the backend interface from scratch, not only hiding parts of it (like plugins and settings) but customizing the look and feel. The client just needs to write the news, choose the right category and so on.

Here’s an example of what I’d like to do (that’s not final, but you get the idea):
- Link – http://yfrog.com/jkgestorenewsp
- Direct Link – http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/2746/gestorenews.png
Any help or “lateral thinking” to solve the issue is appreciated, seriously.

Thanks,
Nick

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MichaelH
(@michaelh)

16 years, 3 months ago

Might look at how others do ‘admin’ changes:
http://www.jamesdimick.com/creations/easy-admin-color-schemes/
http://krisjaydesigns.com/?p=33
http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-admin-menu-drop-down-css/
Rev. Voodoo
(@rvoodoo)

16 years, 3 months ago
a simple branding thing if ya like to avoid plugins (I forget where I got this code or I would credit)
```
// THIS ADDS CUSTOM LOGO TO LOGIN PAGE
function my_custom_login_logo() {
    echo '<style type="text/css">
        h1 a { background-image:url('.get_bloginfo('template_directory').'/images/yourimage.png) !important; height:145px !important; }
    </style>';
}
add_action('login_head', 'my_custom_login_logo');
```
adds your custom logo to the login screen when added to function.php of your theme
Thread Starter Tyson Chouinard
(@nicco)

16 years, 3 months ago

Thanks, those are useful hints indeed, but I was looking at something deeper and heavier.
Did you take a look at the screenshots?

It’s more something like building an external admin panel that calls WordPress methods/functions to publish or edit posts.

Still I don’t know if this could be done as it sounds like using WordPress without its backend.

MichaelH
(@michaelh)

16 years, 3 months ago

Other options:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/magic-fields/
Creating_Admin_Themes

or these that allow user to submit post not logged in:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sidebar-post/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tdo-mini-forms/
http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin/
or the p2 theme http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/p2

Thread Starter Tyson Chouinard
(@nicco)

16 years, 3 months ago

Thanks for the resources.
I’ll try to get something done and post my results.

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