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Sometimes when I'm working in the backend of so many different WordPress sites I like to change the admin color scheme so I can tell at a glance what site I'm working with. While working on a rebrand for Web Hosting for Students, I came across a great admin color scheme, called WP Admin Classic Colors, that looks … Continue reading A “Classic” Color Scheme Plugin for the WordPress Admin Area
If you have a site with lots of parent and child pages, you've likely felt something missing UX wise from the default Pages listing in the admin area. The Admin Column View plugin solves this problem by implementing a Mac Finder style column view to help you more easily navigate to your content. Check it … Continue reading Cool WordPress Plugin for Viewing Nested Pages in the Admin Area
DevPress came out with a custom admin skin that looks something like this: I was reading Jeffo's thoughts on the theme over on WP Tavern and would have to agree on a few points: It's designed for a full screen view Not sure about the color scheme You cannot read the docs (I was … Continue reading DevPress’s WordPress Admin Theme
I wrote a while back about how Helen Hou-Sandi was a woman to watch in the WP community. Here's a great example why: http://s0.videopress.com/player.swf?v=1.03
I've been anticipating the release of WordPress 3.6 for a while. Primarily for two reasons: 1) I have to record my new How to Build a Plugin Project for Treehouse and have been waiting for the latest version to drop, and 2) I was expecting the new admin theme based on the MP6 plugin (although … Continue reading My Thoughts on Now Running wp.zacgordon.com on WordPress 3.6
I saw the other day a link to a plugin called MP6 from some of the Automattic folks. It's funny what they say about the plugin. "This plugin is a secret; don't tell anybody about it." It's always cool to see the WP team evolving the admin area UI. It's even better when there's some … Continue reading MP6 WordPress UI Plugin Overhauls the WP Admin Area
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