Posted by Alisha on Saturday, August 9th, 2008 – 12:09 am
One of the most complained about features I’ve heard for the newer WordPress versions is the admin area. I actually liked that it looked different, because it was easier to look at. It just looks better.
I’ve checked out some WordPress admin themes before, but most of them seemed to be missing something, not working right, or just not that great looking. Just today I came across one that is just more appealing. Fluency Admin by Dean Robinson. It works with WordPress 2.6.
It’s not that I think the colors in the admin area are ugly, it’s that everything takes up so much space, when it all can fit into a smaller area.
This is what WordPress 2.6 Dashboard looks like:
Here is the Dashboard after:
A much needed improvement is the Other WordPress News box on the dashboard. It’s now a smaller list instead of these huge boxes for each post. Way too much space was wasted. In order to cut back on the space, I had to limit the boxes to showing only five, otherwise they got out of hand.
Write Post screen after:
Manage Posts screen after:
Sidebar after:
My favorite feature of Fluency Admin is that the sidebar stays put even while you scroll down the page. That was one annoyance about the menu that I had before. I’d have to scroll back up just to go to another screen.
You can check out more screenshots at Dean Robinson’s flickr page. If you want this awesome WordPress Admin theme, go download it!
Posted by Alisha on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 – 8:39 pm
I decided to move away from the magazine layout and go back to the blog layout. I also decided to choose a different theme for this and I like it. I still like the old one, just wanted something new and different to go along with the new WordPress.
I’m still making sure there are no errors and changing things here and there, but you shouldn’t notice too much. I think the blog also loads faster than it did before.
I apologize for the lack of posts, but I’ve been really busy with work and it’s hard to make time to come up with new content to write about when most of the time I’m learning new things for work. I will not give up on this blog. Subscribe to the feed if you want to be notified when I write a new post, which shouldn’t be too long from now.
If you have any suggestions or comments, please let me know by leaving a comment.
Posted by Alisha on Saturday, September 15th, 2007 – 12:56 am
David Airey, an Irish designer is giving away over $4,000 of prizes in celebration of his graphic design blog’s one year anniversary. Go check out this logo designer’s site. This is one giveaway you shouldn’t pass up. Continue reading to see just some of the prizes being given away for free!
For the Gold
For the Silver
For the Bronze
Bonus Prizes
- Free money! $25 via PayPal, donated by Gayla McCord over at Mom Gadget. I could use some free money, what about you?
- 2GB USB storage key, donated by Jamie Clague over at Terinea Weblog. There are three of these and I would love to get one to replace one that just recently quit working!
- Blog reviews and design help by several people. Just to name a few:
- Online advertising at several places. Just to name a couple:
- 125×125 image ad for 30 days over at Smart Wealthy Rich. That’s another prize I wouldn’t mind winning!
- 125×125 image ad for 30 days over at Freelance Folder. Another prize from Jonathan over at Smart Wealthy Rich - very generous!
This is one giveaway I want to be part of! Why? I could win something that I really want, or I could just give it away here on my blog! Make sure to come back or subscribe to my RSS feed to find out if I’ve won or not. And, good luck to all of you who enter in.
Read more at David Airey’s blog to find out how to enter and to see all of the prizes available!
