[Seaside] pier: admin interface styling

Lukas Renggli renggli at gmail.com
Mon Apr 26 19:48:03 UTC 2010


> the admin interface takes on the style of the rest of the page, which,
> unless you know what it is doing, can get REALLY confusing.. for me,
> not so much of a big deal..
>
> but.. i just have a feeling that if i turned something like this over
> to someone i am helping out (by putting them together a simple CMS for
> their project - i.e. free of charge.), they might be totally
> confused..
>
> has anyone done any work in keeping the admin interface in it's own
> realm, with its own styles, and easier for a non technical person to
> look at?

I agree, the uniform look can cause confusion. The Pier-Setup package
already sets a different environment and slightly different styles for
the admin tools. Did you try that? Maybe this approach should be taken
even further?

Lukas

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