Title: Backend total customization
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Backend total customization

 *  [Tyson Chouinard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicco/)
 * (@nicco)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-total-customization/)
 * 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](http://yfrog.com/jkgestorenewsp)
    - Direct Link – [http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/2746/gestorenews.png](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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-total-customization/#post-1419870)
 * Might look at how others do ‘admin’ changes:
    [http://www.jamesdimick.com/creations/easy-admin-color-schemes/](http://www.jamesdimick.com/creations/easy-admin-color-schemes/)
   [http://krisjaydesigns.com/?p=33](http://krisjaydesigns.com/?p=33) [http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-admin-menu-drop-down-css/](http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-admin-menu-drop-down-css/)
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-total-customization/#post-1419885)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicco/)
 * (@nicco)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-total-customization/#post-1420145)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-total-customization/#post-1420147)
 * Other options:
    [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/magic-fields/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/magic-fields/)
   [Creating_Admin_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/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/sidebar-post/)
   [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tdo-mini-forms/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tdo-mini-forms/)
   [http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin/](http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin/)
   or the p2 theme [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/p2](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/p2)
 *  Thread Starter [Tyson Chouinard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicco/)
 * (@nicco)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-total-customization/#post-1420162)
 * Thanks for the resources.
    I’ll try to get something done and post my results.

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