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I know I dont use the shortcut links either.


Color doesnt matter, as we will probably just edit the CSS to reflect the color of our choice.

I know I am a geek, but I like to color the admin panel to match the site design. Our clients love it.

Nice one,

Well I've submitted a project request over at the forge to get this up and tested. So people might be able to grab a version over the weekend.

I'll also put the source media somewhere in the project, so people can change colours freely.

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Project approved.

In about an hour your svn access will be ready.

the svn url will be http://svn.cmsmadesimple.org/svn/geared-theme

I suggest you start with these instructions

cd /tmp
svn co --username http://svn.cmsmadesimple.org/svn/geared-theme
mkdir trunk branches tags
svn add trunk branches tags
svn ci -m "create base dirs"



cd /admin/themes
svn co --username http://svn.cmsmadesimple.org/svn/geared-theme/trunk

Yay!! Can't wait to try this theme!!

Thanks!!

This is keeping me awake at night waiting for this theme... Is it coming out before 2.0?

Sorry for my impatience but it is lovely...

Sorry!

I'm tidying the CSS as we speak and will be committing everything this afternoon for an initial release.

There are some minor problems with layouts breaking with certain modules which I'll release as patches.

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K,

It's out...

http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/geared-theme/

Or via SVN:

svn checkout http://svn.cmsmadesimple.org/svn/geared-theme

I've tried to cover and check as much as possible but I've no doubt I'll have missed / broken plenty. So let me know any problems you find and what you think.

I'll be working on compression to bring the size down and also getting some source media out.

Thanks,

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"So beautiful it feels like a holiday."



Thank you so much deadhike for doing this!

A problem for me (am trying it on CMSMS 2.3 beta) is that for some reason TinyMCE (ver. 2.4.0) isn't working when I switch to geared admin theme. It works when I am on default theme. What could cause this conflict?

Hmmm,

Not sure, I'll take a look. I might have taken something out by mistake, bear with me and thanks.

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Thanks Zoorlat,

I'd stripped a comment out of the theme file by mistake which stopped Tiny from working. I've fixed and added a new release.

Available at forge or via svn.

Keep em comin 

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http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/geared-theme/

I have a couple of criticisms.

First, I don't like the extra click I now have to make in order to get anywhere.

Second, I don't see much point in having the latest news from the CMSMS blog on every page.

Other than that, good work. I look forward to seeing it develop.

Thanks very nice...

The side menu is not quite big enuf for some of the modules, front end file management (uploads) for instance it hangs over the right hand side a touch...

Is it my site or ? but clicking on 'view site' opens it in the same tab/page, using Firefox...
EDIT: I took out the rel="external" and put target="_blank" lines 32 and 367...

When I look at the CSS, edit CSS, using Ff. ext. Web. Dev. all the images disappear...

I changed the side menu to close one section when clicking another...

@stopsatgreen

Do you mean having to click the + sign to get to a menu section then click the item you wanted?...

Would you want it to flyout?...

"The side menu is not quite big enuf for some of the modules, front end file management (uploads) for instance it hangs over the right hand side a touch..."  -  I also noticed this.

The Uploads module formatting needs work.  I can't post a screenshot right now, but hopefully you can investigate and see what I mean.

Also, I wondered about the possibility of having the menus flyout instead of requiring a click.  Pros and cons to both methods, I know...  I think this might be what stopsatgreen is looking for as well.

(BTW, BEAUTIFUL WORK, deadhike!!!!!  VERY IMPRESSED!)

Would you want it to flyout?...

That's probably the best solution; I know it has accessibility issues, but I think when using a CMS you want to move around as quickly as possible, so a click to expand a menu then a click to go somewhere is not ideal; at least, it's not as good a solution than already exists.

Thanks loads everyone, this is all really great crit, again keep it coming.

I'm definitely up for taking everything on board and improving this for everyone. I also have some help signed up so it's not just me

so...

1. Menu Usability - The reason I took out the drop downs was precisely to remove the extra step to get anywhere. In the default theme I have to first hover, then track down to an item. Now I can choose to hide a number of items, and have the ones I need / use often directly available. 1 click, no fuss. You typically only use a small number of actions in a CMS, and visit a small number of areas. This allows for that localisation.

2. View Site New Window - This should be opening in a new tab usual a virtual method, I've left out the class. I'll fix for a next release. I removed the '_blank' target as it's deprecated in XHTML strict. See 'includes/dom-function-min.js' and '/includes/links.js' for specifics, or add 'class="newwindow" to an anchor tag.

3. RSS in footer - I initially put this in as I was trying to find a way to create a new version update and was also just plain filler. Agree it should probably go.

4. Using FFOX 'edit css' images disappear - Something to do with the way the toolbar parses the CSS, not sure. The CSS files are there.

5. Modules in general - There are definite issues with some modules. This is mainly due to malformed markup. I'm trying to find a layout fix, but specific bugs added to the tracker and screenshots would really help as I can't install every module just to check. I will fix them or release a patch though.

6. Side menu size - This can easily be extended, thanks!

So for the next release I'll: fix the 'view site' link; strip the RSS reader footer and widen the side menu.

Again, thanks loads and please understand I initially did this with my own personal goals in mind to make the admin stuff work for me. Bear with me whilst I make adjustments to suit everyone better.

Keep em comin...

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