I wanted to make sure I let anyone and everyone know about the fantastic new Drupal module known simply as "Admin." For years I have heard people gripe about Drupal's admin screens as being too confusing and convoluted. Many people, mostly the less "techie" folks (marketing managers in charge of maintaining a corporate website) like Joomla's admin area better because it offers big candy-like icons and buttons for performing administrative functions. It gives you a feeling of ease. The Root Candy admin theme was a step in the right direction, but really not much more than a pretty face.
Would-be Drupal advocates, gripe no more. The Admin module offers a much needed and very comprehensive update to Drupal's back-end. And apparently the project out of which this module sprang is all about testing out the Drupal 7 admin interface design theories using us D6-ers as guinea pigs. Regardless of its ultimate intent, the Admin module is a true thing of beauty for both advanced Drupal-ers and novices alike. It allows you to customize your admin experience so that people who aren't super comfortable with Drupal can easily add, modify, or update content. The styling is superb and makes visual tasks much easier. The only thing that bothers me is the location of very important functional tabs (example: the "View - Edit" tabs when writing a new node) are waaaaay over on the right side of my very wide screen, and fairly inconspicuous also. Making those a little more visible might be nice.
If you are running a Drupal 6 site that needs a nice back-end area to make it easy for novices to post content, we highly suggest you check this puppy out. We've been running it on this site for several weeks and it has been pretty fantastic.
Comments
Better hurry up with the starter theme! There are several options already and more/better on the way!!!
To be frank I am really happy to note that Drupal has come up with a new module "Admin." I have always wanted to inform that their admin screens are really confusing and convoluted. It was not at all user friendly. I am not a computer expert and I found it extremely difficult most of the time. I am happy to note that they have finally decided to change it. I would like to thank the author for giving me such wonderful information. Call Center Software
To comprise blunt I ante meridiem genuinely felicitous to bank note that Drupal causes come on an fresh faculty "Admin." I bear e'er needed to inform that their admin blocks out is actually befuddling and convolved. Them constituted not at entirely drug user affable. I Artium Magister not an computing device practised and I chanced them exceedingly arduous just about from the clock. I ante meridiem well-chosen to banker's bill that they've in conclusion distinct to commute them. I would as though to give thanks the source exonerative Pine Tree State such as howling entropy
Post new comment