Re: demo.xaraya.com ui

"Tomislav Grabic" <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Mar 2003 18:55:45 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.cms.xaraya.ui
Organization Xaraya News Server
Message-ID <[email protected]>
andy varganov wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I4m not sure whether this is just a temporary condition, when
logging
>> in as Admin, and trying to access one of the modules in the admin
>> panel, first thing that comes up is a text explaining what it4s
about
>> (i.e. censor)or links in the content area leading to parts of that
>> admin section (i.e. uploads-->view, add or edit). It might be faster
>> for navigation if the most used subpage opens first (that would be
>> something like a dynamic menu, like the windows start menu, but
>> perhaps that4s either too difficult to implement or low on the
>> priority list ;-), or if the first page already enabled admins to
>> edit or view preferences.
>> bye
>>
>> Tomi
>
> Tomi,
>
> I was working on similar solution.. Basically it's done now, just
> need to clean up the code a bit and push the solution to the repo..
> My idea was to let users (admins in our case) to be presented with
> the overview page the first time they venture to admin area. Then
> they can opt not to see that page ever again, but instead see another
> one of their choice.

options! I love options :-)

> The idea was in the air for long time now but
> the proper implementation only became possible recently, after
> introduction of the user module variables (true multi-admin
> environment).. So now every administrator should have own
> preferences, without imposing his/her choice on the others. Each
> module could also have 'Preferences' page where admin could configure
> the available options to match his workflow and/or be able to 'Reset'
> to defaults.

sounds good. I´m curious to see how the help system, doc files etc are
going to be implemented into the system.
best regards,

Tomi