Re: left bar for admins

J. Cox wrote:
> "Tomislav Grabic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:atkjs2$87t$1-FogMEOs31dotat4ziPANHlKoq+OfwspIVIuBW6zZ0iQ@public.gmane.org
>> Hi all,
>> peeking what other cms are doing, the administration via a left bar
>> (preferrably with expendable sublinks) seems to be faster than the
>> way pn/x used to do it. Switching quickly from one admin section to
>> the other is faster than having to return to the main admin screen
>> everytime I want to do something else. Also - at least in pn 0.714 -
>> some admin sections don´t show content right away, but require the
>> administrator to "refresh" or to view the admin section, which is
>> totally redundant imo.
>
> Isn't that what the admin panels do?  Perhaps I am missing what you
> mean though.

well, I meant that in pn (can´t say much about xaraya yet ;-) puts a
admin
link in the left block (of course, depending on the theme), and the
module, section links for administration are all put into the main
content area. I user who wants to switch quickly from modules to blocks
or FAQ or Forum whatever has to take a detour using the (one) admin
link on the left and then click the destination admin section in the
main area.
Here´s a screenshot of a cms that does what I mean:
www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/fachschaften/fsjapan/leftbaradmin.gif
The gain with this method is... well, one click economized (which
doesn´t sound much, I agree, but if you´re administrating a website you
want short ways). One more thing: The content is (in this case in some
submenues) viewable directly, that means I don´t have to open up
another window and refresh everytime I change something on my site, the
cms shows it to me instantly.
bye

Tomi