<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Toon,<div>You can already hide many panels via the Screen Options tab, and custom fields are fairly easy to customise now via the functions.php file of a theme, no need for a plugin!</div><div><br></div><div>Hope that helps</div><div><br></div><div>John</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 3 Jun 2010, at 22:36, Toon Van de Putte wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">I don't think that is a good idea. I think it's one of those features that sets Wordpress apart from, say, Drupal and that makes Wordpress much more usable out-of-the-box.<br>The standardized look 'n' feel of the admin is one of the reasons I really like Wordpress. It just works, and it makes sense that a well-designed admin interface doesn't need themes.<br> What I would like is the ability to show/hide certain panels, have more flexibility in how custom fields are integrated (without resorting to a plugin), etc. But the basic layout and functionality of the admin does not need theming, imho.<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Luke Gedeon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:luke.gedeon@gmail.com">luke.gedeon@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Call me crazy, but it seems like the easiest way to solve the look and feel issues with the admin is to make it as easy to theme the admin as it is to theme the site.<br><br>Give designers a while and see what ideas happen. We can then take the best ideas and build them into the default theme.<br><br>To encourage theme development we need to:<br>1. Set-up an admin theme repository.<br>2. Add a page inside admin to choose and install new admin themes.<br> 3. Make admin themes editable in theme editor tool.<br>4. Allow users to select admin themes separate from site themes but allow theme designers to ship matching/complementary themes.<br><br>I have got to be missing something????<br> <br clear="all">-------------------------------------------<br><font color="#888888">Luke Gedeon<br><a href="http://luke.gedeon.name" target="_blank">http://luke.gedeon.name</a><br> </font><br>_______________________________________________<br> wp-ui mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:wp-ui@lists.automattic.com">wp-ui@lists.automattic.com</a><br> <a href="http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-ui" target="_blank">http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-ui</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br> _______________________________________________<br>wp-ui mailing list<br><a href="mailto:wp-ui@lists.automattic.com">wp-ui@lists.automattic.com</a><br>http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-ui<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>