How to create custom admin pages (aka ProcessModules) - yes, it's that simple!

dragan · January 2

OK, I think I'm really confused right now.

For some reason I was working with the ~~default~~ classic or Reno admin theme. h1 isn't used (or shown) there. With the latest UIKit admin theme, everything's OK.

Edited January 3 by dragan
clarify "classic" vs. "default" theme...

mr-fan · January 3

Bernhard i wrote it and i repeat it you are really my hero - the admin/backend was always a ? to me since i was flashed about all the options on the frontendside with the API, creating some little modules or changing some or using small hooks to get some results are the level i was before i read your tutorials and examples...:)

Wanna share a really cool example im playing with this responsive calendar plugin:

https://tympanus.net/Development/Calendario/

in an easy process module i get some results like this (with some CSS tweaks):

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This is with the example data from but it works like a charm and is seemless responsive within the PW admin.

Code i used on the PW side is really easy:

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  public function ___execute() {
    $out = '';
    //load css and js files
    $this->config->styles->add($this->config->urls->siteModules . $this->className() . '/calendario/calendar.css');   
    $this->config->styles->add($this->config->urls->siteModules . $this->className() . '/calendario/custom_1.css');      
    $this->config->scripts->add($this->config->urls->siteModules . $this->className() . '/calendario/jquery.calendario.js');
    $this->config->scripts->add($this->config->urls->siteModules . $this->className() . '/calendario/data.js');   
    $this->config->scripts->add($this->config->urls->siteModules . $this->className() . '/calendario/script.js'); 
    //container for the calendar
    $out  = '<div class="container uk-card-default"><div class="custom-calendar-wrap custom-calendar-full">';
    //render navigation buttons
    $out .= '<div class="custom-header clearfix">
                    <h2>
                        <span id="custom-month" class="custom-month"></span>
						<span id="custom-year" class="custom-year"></span>
                    </h2>
                    <nav>
                        <span id="custom-prev" class="custom-prev"></span>
                        <span id="custom-next" class="custom-next"></span>
                        <span id="custom-current" class="custom-current" title="Got to current date"></span>
                    </nav>
				</div>';
    //render calender
    $out .= '<div id="calendar" class="fc-calendar-container"></div>';
    //end container
    $out .= '</div></div>';
    $out .= '<hr class="uk-divider-icon">';
    return $out;
  }

now i'm getting hands dirty on trigger some booking data and some actionbuttons...

Thank you for sharing your knowlegde!

I wish you a healthy and successfull year - best regards mr-fan

horst · February 2

On 3.1.2018 at 11:59 PM, mr-fan said:

in an easy process module i get some results like this (with some CSS tweaks):

Hi @mr-fan, thanks for sharing this calendario demo. Would you mind to post the css tweaks you show in the example?

mr-fan · February 3

nothing fancy i just drop the extrem use of shadows and converted colors....so it fits a little bit normal in the PW:

calendar.css

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.fc-calendar-container {
	position: relative;
	height: 400px;
	width: 400px;
}

.fc-calendar {
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-head {
	height: 30px;
	line-height: 30px;
	background: #ccc;
	color: #fff;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-body {
	position: relative;
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
	height: -moz-calc(100% - 30px);
	height: -webkit-calc(100% - 30px);
	height: calc(100% - 30px);
	border: 1px solid #ddd;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row {
	width: 100%;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}

.fc-four-rows .fc-row  {
	height: 25%;
}

.fc-five-rows .fc-row  {
	height: 20%;
}

.fc-six-rows .fc-row {
	height: 16.66%;
	height: -moz-calc(100%/6);
	height: -webkit-calc(100%/6);
	height: calc(100%/6);
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row > div,
.fc-calendar .fc-head > div {
	float: left;
	height: 100%;
	width:  14.28%; /* 100% / 7 */
	width: -moz-calc(100%/7);
	width: -webkit-calc(100%/7);
	width: calc(100%/7);
	position: relative;
}

/* IE 9 is rounding up the calc it seems */
.ie9 .fc-calendar .fc-row > div,
.ie9 .fc-calendar .fc-head > div {
	width:  14.2%;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row > div {
	border-right: 1px solid #ddd;
	padding: 4px;
	overflow: hidden;
	position: relative;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-head > div {
	text-align: center;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row > div > span.fc-date {
	position: absolute;
	width: 30px;
	height: 20px;
	font-size: 20px;
	line-height: 20px;
	font-weight: 700;
	color: #ddd;
	text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.8);
	bottom: 5px;
	right: 5px;
	text-align: right;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row > div > span.fc-weekday {
	padding-left: 5px;
	display: none;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row > div.fc-today {
	background: #fff4c3;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row > div.fc-out {
	opacity: 0.6;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row > div:last-child,
.fc-calendar .fc-head > div:last-child {
	border-right: none;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row:last-child {
	border-bottom: none;
}

custom_1.css

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/*dirty hack since i don't figure out why this responsive calendar overwrap the footer...#todo
#pw-footer {display:none!important;}

.container {
	width: 100%;
	height: 600px;
	position: relative;
}

.container > header,
.main {
	padding: 0 30px 50px 30px;
	width: 100%;
	max-width: 600px;
	margin: 0 auto;
}

.container > header {
	padding: 30px;
}

.container > header h1 {
	font-size: 34px;
	line-height: 38px;
	margin: 0;
	font-weight: 700;
	color: #fff;
	float: left;
/*	text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);*/
}

.container > header h1 span {
	font-size: 18px;
	font-weight: 300;
	display: block;
}


/* Demo Buttons Style */
.codrops-demos {
	float: right;
}

.codrops-demos a {
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 10px;
    color: #fff;
    font-weight: 700;
    line-height: 30px;
    border-bottom: 4px solid transparent;
}

.codrops-demos a:hover {
	color: #000;
	border-color: #000;
}

.codrops-demos a.current-demo,
.codrops-demos a.current-demo:hover {
	color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
	border-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}

.custom-calendar-full {
	position: absolute;
	top: 24px;
	bottom: 0px;
	left: 0px;
	width: 100%;
	height: auto;
}

.fc-calendar-container {
	height: auto;
	bottom: 0px;
	width: 100%;
	top: 50px;
	position: absolute;
}

.custom-header {
	padding: 20px 20px 10px 30px;
	height: 50px;
	position: relative;
}

.custom-header h2,
.custom-header h3 {
	float: left;
	font-weight: 300;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	letter-spacing: 4px;
/*	text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.1);*/
}

.custom-header h2 {
	color: rgba(0,0,0,0.9);
	width: 60%;
}


.custom-header nav {
	position: absolute;
	right: 20px;
	top: 20px;
	-webkit-touch-callout: none;
	-webkit-user-select: none;
	-khtml-user-select: none;
	-moz-user-select: none;
	-ms-user-select: none;
	user-select: none;
}

.custom-header nav span {
	float: left;
	width: 30px;
	height: 30px;
	position: relative;
	color: transparent;
	cursor: pointer;
	background: rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
	margin: 0 1px;
	font-size: 20px;
	/*border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;*/
/*	box-shadow: inset 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);*/
}

/*.custom-header nav span:first-child {
	border-radius: 3px 0 0 3px;
}*/

.custom-header nav span:hover {
	background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}

.custom-header span:before {
	font-family: 'fontawesome-selected';
	color: #fff;
	display: inline-block;
	text-align: center;
	width: 100%;
	text-indent: 4px;
}

.custom-header nav span.custom-prev:before {
	content: '\25c2';
}

.custom-header nav span.custom-next:before {
	content: '\25b8';
}

.custom-header nav span:last-child {
	margin-left: 20px;
	border-radius: 3px;
}

.custom-header nav span.custom-current:before {
	content: '\27a6';
}


.fc-calendar {
	background: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
	width: auto;
	top: 10px;
	bottom: 20px;
	left: 20px;
	right: 20px;
	height: auto;
/*	border-radius: 20px;*/
	position: absolute;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-head { 
	background: #1c2836;
	color: #fff;
	/*box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2);*/
/*	border-radius: 20px 20px 0 0;*/
	height: 40px;
	line-height: 40px;
	padding: 0 20px;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-head > div {
	font-weight: 300;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	font-size: 14px;
	letter-spacing: 3px;
/*	text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.4);*/
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row > div > span.fc-date {
	color: rgba(0,0,0,0.9);
	text-shadow: none;
	font-size: 26px;
	font-weight: 300;
	bottom: auto;
	right: auto;
	top: 10px;
	left: 10px;
	text-align: left;
/*	text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);*/
}

.fc-calendar .fc-body {
	border: none;
	padding: 20px;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row {
	box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
	border: none;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row:last-child {
	box-shadow: none;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row:first-child > div:first-child {
	border-radius: 10px 0 0 0;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row:first-child > div:last-child {
	border-radius: 0 10px 0 0;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row:last-child > div:first-child {
	border-radius: 0 0 0 10px;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row:last-child > div:last-child {
	border-radius: 0 0 10px 0;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row > div {
	box-shadow: -1px 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
	border: none;
	padding: 10px;
	cursor: pointer;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row > div:first-child{
	box-shadow: none;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row > div.fc-today {
	background: transparent;
	box-shadow: inset 0 0 100px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row > div.fc-today:after { 
	content: ''; 
	display: block;
	position: absolute;
	top: 0; 
	left: 0;
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
	opacity: 0.2;
	background: transparent;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row > div > div {
	margin-top: 35px;
}

.fc-calendar .fc-row > div > div a,
.fc-calendar .fc-row > div > div span {
	color: rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
	font-size: 12px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	display: inline-block;
	padding: 3px 5px;
	border-radius: 3px;
	white-space: nowrap;
	overflow: hidden;
	text-overflow: ellipsis;
	max-width: 100%;
	margin-bottom: 1px;
	background: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}

.no-touch .fc-calendar .fc-row > div > div a:hover {
	background: rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
}

@media screen and (max-width: 880px) , screen and (max-height: 450px) {
	html, body, .container {
		height: auto;
	}

	.custom-header,
	.custom-header nav,
	.custom-calendar-full,
	.fc-calendar-container, 
	.fc-calendar,
	.fc-calendar .fc-head,
	.fc-calendar .fc-row > div > span.fc-date {
		position: relative;
		top: auto;
		left: auto;
		bottom: auto;
		right: auto;
		height: auto;
		width: auto;
        padding-bottom: 1.2em;
	}

	.fc-calendar {
		margin: 0 20px 20px;
	}

	.custom-header h2,
	.custom-header h3 {
		float: none;
		width: auto;
		text-align: left;
		padding-right: 100px;
	}

	.fc-calendar .fc-row,
	.ie9 .fc-calendar .fc-row > div,
	.fc-calendar .fc-row > div {
		height: auto;
		width: 100%;
		border: none;
	}

	.fc-calendar .fc-row > div {
		float: none;
		min-height: 50px;
		box-shadow: inset 0 -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.2) !important;
		border-radius: 0px !important;
	}

	.fc-calendar .fc-row > div:empty{
		min-height: 0;
		height: 0;
		box-shadow: none !important;
		padding: 0;
	}

	.fc-calendar .fc-row {
		box-shadow: none;
	}

	.fc-calendar .fc-head {
		display: none;
	}

	.fc-calendar .fc-row > div > div {
		margin-top: 0px;
		padding-left: 10px;
		max-width: 70%;
		display: inline-block;
	}

	.fc-calendar .fc-row > div.fc-today {
		background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
	}

	.fc-calendar .fc-row > div.fc-today:after { 
		display: none;
	}

	.fc-calendar .fc-row > div > span.fc-date {
		width: 30px;
		display: inline-block;
		text-align: right;
	}

	.fc-calendar .fc-row > div > span.fc-weekday {
		display: inline-block;
		width: 40px;
		color: #fff;
		color: rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
		font-size: 10px;
		text-transform: uppercase;
	}
}

but notice it is just a proof of concept - not browsertested - just some fast playing.

Best regard mr-fan

Edited February 3 by mr-fan
missing n in fancy...;)

Sebastian · February 15

Thanks bernhard for a very informative post.

I do have a follow-up question though: How would i make the new panel / custom admin page accessible to a non-admin role? Currently it works great as superuser / admin using another role, logged in as a non-admin user there's only the "pages" tab, nothing else.
The way I understand it, since it uses the "admin" template, I can't really manage access through template settings (?).

I might overthink this though, anyone got an idea?

Edit: Actually, i'm sorry, this is a duplicate of

Which of course i found 2 minutes after posting the question, but not during the hour of research before..

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