Textpattern Admin Interface Update

In the process of putting this site back together I took it upon myself to improve the look of the Textpattern administrative interface a bit. I posted an iteration of the process on flickr and folks seemed interested in my sharing the files so I put aside some time to package them up. Ideally, I would like to work some on the actual interaction design/organization of the interface a bit as I have enjoyed using Textpattern for years and I feel it my duty to give back to the project. Besides, there is some great open source software out there used daily by we interaction/visual designers and rarely do I see the efforts of such folks contributed to the community.

So, consider this a start. This iteration of the Textpattern interface is by no means the result of monumental effort as it merely involved a nip and tuck of the stylesheet and a couple of images.

Onto the good stuff. To apply the design to your Textpattern installation (I am running 4.0.5 so let me know if you run into issues on other installations) do the following:

  • Download the files
  • Backup the existing “/textpattern/textpattern.css” file and replace it with the one included in the provided directory.
  • Copy the provided images into the “textpattern/txp_img/” directory.
  • Refresh your browser and your Textpattern administrative interface should reflect the update.

So, enjoy and if you run into any issues do submit your experience via the comments below.


Viva Textpattern!

  1. Thanks Jeremy. I’ve been looking forward to this.

    Kevin Finlayson

  2. Great work Jeremy, this is by far the best Admin Style I have used for Textpattern.

    Sam Brown

  3. Thank you Kevin and Sam. I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to further iteration.

    Jeremy

  4. Grate job! Very easy to implement :D

    walth

  5. :) Thanks… You Rocks! TxP too…

    Viking KARWUR

  6. Wow, never even thought about customizing the admin interface. This looks very nice. I’m gonna try it out today.

    Rob McAlister

  7. Thanks Jeremy. It’s beautiful and very nicely done.

    Yannick

  8. were did the link go? it goes to a blank page..thanks

    fiddle

  9. Hello Fiddle, I am not sure what the problem is. The “Download the files” link above is functional.

    jeremy koempel

  10. Hello,
    It seems that your link is not working. I also got a blank page.

    flameo

  11. Yup, I get the same blank page. Maybe you could give us a direct link to the file?

    Angad

  12. Alright so after no response from Jeremy and a bit of snooping around I found the file’s direct url.
    It’s:
    http://smalltransport.com/files/Txp-admin-UI.zip

    Angad

  13. alirght, I have been a very bad host. Angad, thank you for figuring out and sharing the link with all. I have also modified the download link above so things should in operative order.

    Jeremy

  14. Hi Jeremy, was searching for your beautiful and perfect admin-theme: http://ostatic.com/files/images/smallt-admin-theme.png … but I am searching since half an hour in google and all sites – and nowhere is a link to this great stuff.

    Can you post that link or send me a short message?

    Greetings from germany!

    patrick

  15. good design work.thanks

    designer

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