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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>While learning to theme
Drupal, having to theme the admin area is a serious pain. It
really is. However, I would not trade that built in integrated look for
any other CMS or option. You log in, you see more options. Not
logged in? You don't know those options are there for the most
part.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, I had to spend some extra time on my
site, but it looks consistent all the way through. None of that jarring
color change/shift. At the current rate of debate, I might be able to
contirbute actual solutions towards the admin area in 4.8.</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> development-bounces@drupal.org on behalf
of Bčr Kessels<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 1/10/2006 12:50 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
development@drupal.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [development] Re: the admin theme,
profiles<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Op dinsdag 10 januari 2006 05:12, schreef Theodore
Serbinski:<BR>> On 1/9/06, Bčr Kessels <ber@webschuur.com>
wrote:<BR>> > Not silly. just look at wordpress! There are hundreds of
potential sites<BR>> > where editing, adding, moderating content is
considered *administration*.<BR>> > And believe it or not, the node forms
are often even harder to theme<BR>> > right, then the admin/ pages, esp on
fancy layouts.<BR>><BR>> Actually, this is one of Drupal's biggest
strengths. I have a client<BR>> that had Wordpress but to manage content you
had to go into admin,<BR>> find the article, then edit it. But it is *far*
easier to traverse<BR>> your site logged in, goto the page you want and edit
it. 10 to 1, it<BR>> is far easier for your client to find the page they want
to edit on<BR>> the website visually then it is to search for
it.<BR>><BR>> Now, however, should it be themed differently? Entirely
different, but<BR>> I do agree, admin/ is really the admin area. When you
edit a node, I<BR>> think it can be more visually appealing and have some
sort of 'admin<BR>> border' or whatever you may have it, to make things stand
out a bit<BR>> more. As to what, well as we all say, code is gold, so I'll
have<BR>> something soon.<BR><BR>Well, even if you are completely right, and
I am utterly wrong. The point I<BR>tried to stress is that we should *give
people the power to choose for<BR>themselves*. If drupal ships with a hardcoded
admin theme and area,<BR>the first thing we will here a dozn times is "how can I
make page foo/bar look<BR>like the onse in
admin?"<BR><BR><BR></FONT></P></DIV>
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