[wp-ui] Admin theme-ing

[Toon Van de Putte]

Is all of this well documented? The Screen Options I know about, but the
custom fields thing is new to me. But my main argument was *against* admin
themes. I don't see the point, frankly, besides some superficial cosmetic
stuff.

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:54 PM, John O'Nolan <john.wp at onolan.org> wrote:

> Hi Toon,
> 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!
>
> Hope that helps
>
> John
>
>
>
> On 3 Jun 2010, at 22:36, Toon Van de Putte wrote:
>
> 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.
> 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.
> 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.
>
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Luke Gedeon <luke.gedeon at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> Give designers a while and see what ideas happen. We can then take the
>> best ideas and build them into the default theme.
>>
>> To encourage theme development we need to:
>> 1. Set-up an admin theme repository.
>> 2. Add a page inside admin to choose and install new admin themes.
>> 3. Make admin themes editable in theme editor tool.
>> 4. Allow users to select admin themes separate from site themes but allow
>> theme designers to ship matching/complementary themes.
>>
>> I have got to be missing something????
>>
>> -------------------------------------------
>> Luke Gedeon
>> http://luke.gedeon.name
>>
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