mvdesign Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Hello everyone, This is just a little admin theme redesign. Just made "pages" at the moment, but let me know if you want me to continue, and which version you prefer 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwired Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 That's looking good. Did you do that by only changing css ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagoroldao Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Very nice! I would only replace the 4 stripes symbol for pages with children with an arrow, maybe, to make it clearer that it is expandable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teppo Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 First one is brilliant. I really like how simple and clean it makes things look. Great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kongondo Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Nice 3rd post! I prefer the 2nd one. The first one's left sidebar is too wide for my liking...Good job. Looking forward to how your progress these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdesign Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 That's looking good. Did you do that by only changing css ? Hi pwired. No, it's just an image for the moment. Very nice! I would only replace the 4 stripes symbol for pages with children with an arrow, maybe, to make it clearer that it is expandable. You're right, i'll do that First one is brilliant. I really like how simple and clean it makes things look. Great job! Thank you ! Here are 2 new propositions from first and third versions, for the page template. And I changed the look of the sidebar on the third one. The goal is to make it very simple and user-friendly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kongondo Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 (edited) +1 for #2 Edit: Should have been clearer. I like the structure...but yes, I agree with Teppo below, it is a bit pale. Hence, why I preferred the original #2 with the darker sidebar Edited February 10, 2014 by kongondo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teppo Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I find #2 kind of pale, much better contrast in #1.. and I also dislike those huge button-style links, way too "mobile" for my taste. How would navigation bar of #2 work for subpages, i.e. how would templates, fields etc. fit there? Or would they not? (If not, that's yet another big plus for #1 IMHO ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdesign Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 I agree about the contrast. And i think i have to agree with teppo about the navbar. Here is a small update (i reduced the navbar width, like kongondo said, it was too large). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdesign Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 Just a new proposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Nice work mvdesign! Very attractive look and lots of good thinking here. We* are actually working on a second core admin theme option that is quite similar in many ways to the look you've posted here (the overall layout of major elements is very much the same with regard to masthead and sidebar). Once released, I'm imagining it will also serve as a very good starting point for taking your design here to a full admin theme. *I say "We" because I assume I'll be working on it here soon too, but so far all the work has been done by someone else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdesign Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Thanks Ryan, If you have some requests or ideas to improve the layout/design I've done, I'll take it ! And thanks you for this great CMS, just starting to use it but this is my fav. To all : Here is a new version, with new color scheme and new box style (main content). Do you prefer this color scheme, or the 2 colors version (top bar / sidebar) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikola Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Nice work mvdesign, I like the concept here. It's similar to something I'm working on at the moment (I'm switching it to PW 2.4 admin concept so I've delayed its release until it's done). 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kongondo Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Looking nice Nikola! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdesign Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Nice work too Nikola There are some good ideas. That said, when i look my theme and yours, i think mine is too simple, and yours could be more simple. I think it would be great to find a compromise. By the way, I see that you made the Ergo theme ! My favorite theme at the moment, great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdesign Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Some new ideas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joss Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Like the greys When I mess around with colours I often go for greys mixed with certain blue-greys Two colours I like are #6D8CA8 and #4A629C One thing I would look at with this sort of shape is the offcanvas menu from Foundation for the left menu column, http://foundation.zurb.com/docs/components/offcanvas.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martijn Geerts Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I do like the looks of menu's on the right. But horizontal space is costly. When I work on my 13" macbook I don't have a lot of horizontal space. On the 27" there's not a problem. I do like your concepts. And love the color schemes of the design from Nikola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manfred62 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I do like both concepts. Nikolas color scheme is more... hmm quiet (easier to the eyes). @nikola: the TinyMCE could need some better styling. Maybe it's possible to get a look like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joss Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I doubt it would be that long before we move to TinyMCE 4 which has far more modern styling. I do like the looks of menu's on the right. But horizontal space is costly. When I work on my 13" macbook I don't have a lot of horizontal space. That is where a hidden left menu is useful so that you can just bring it in on smaller resolution screens, or even just on everything but the largest, perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikola Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 @mvdesign - grey colors in your last preview don't quite fit in my humble opinion (don't get me wrong), it's to grayish all around, I liked the contrast versions much better. @Manfred62 - I've always skinned TinyMCE in my themes, most probably would do the same with this one (but I must admit that skinning old TinyMCE is a pain...), for that reason I've never liked JqueryUI also - I like more semantic markup As for my theme - I plan to make sidebar collapsible entirely in the final stage so there would be room for smaller screens also I've started to adopt the theme for mobile view but put that on hold in favor of making the true PW 2.4 theme (because I do little or none updates with my mobile), but that's next on the road I've also made quick selectable templates in the sidebar with pagination like this: I find it useful, what do you guys think? Is it quite an overload for the theme or ...? Thanks 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdesign Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 You're right Nikola (about the grey), but for now, that's just some quick ideas, i'm not satisfied with what I've done. I think you're sidebar is nice and useful, but what do you think about my last version, which allow a direct access to pages (in the sidebar) ? In my opinion, pages should be quickly available all the time. Or maybe we should mix ideas : pages, templates, and fields to be available in the sidebar (with collapsible menu) would great to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikola Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 The problem with direct acces to pages in the sidebar is - if you hide the sidebar to gain extra space, they're gone (hidden) so I've opted out approach with pages (main nav) in the top part of the screen because they stay visible all the time even if the sidebar is collapsed. That way you can hide stuff in the sidebar that's not crucial for normal admin use. That's the compromise so you'll always have main nav visible that way, I think it would be annoying that every time you have to access main nav you would have to unhide it if you sidebar is collapsed (with cookie set). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdesign Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Yeah but, pages/templates/fields could be accessible from sidebar (which should be an important part of the theme) AND header. Having pages directly accessible would be pratical, for developers, and clients too. But maybe I'm the one thinking like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuag Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 these look great. Looking forward to seeing this progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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