Customizing the Admin Panel

Modified on 2011/07/19 16:29 by Charles — Categorized as: Website Design

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   Customizing the Admin Panel
      Access to each Admin Panel
         Default Admin Roles
      Look and Feel of the Admin Panels
         References
      Re-labeling of the Web Part names
      Access to each Web Part

Customizing the Admin Panel¶

The Admin Panel family includes:

Each of these panels can be customized by for your site's application. Customization takes the form of:

Access to each Admin Panel
The look and feel of the Admin Panel
Re-labeling of the Web Part names
Access to each Web Part

Access to each Admin Panel¶

Access to each Admin Panel is determined by the Role(s) assigned to the Admin Panel Web Part.

Figure: Example of the Admin role assigned to the CMS Admin Panel.

Default Admin Roles¶

The default Admin Roles for the CMS Admin Panel are: Admin and WebMaster.
The default Admin Roles for the Jetfire Admin Panel are: Admin.
The default Admin Roles for the Jetfire Debug Panel are: Admin.
The default Admin Roles for the Registration Admin Panel are: Club Admin and Registrar.

Look and Feel of the Admin Panels¶

the look and feel of the Admin Panels is dictated by the Theme used by the site. The Admin Panel 'closed' view is a set of buttons that are described in the Skin file for the Theme. The 'open' view showing the Web Part titles is defined by the css styles configured in the Web Part.

Figure: The css styles used in Admin Panel Web Parts

References¶

For further information, check out:

Re-labeling of the Web Part names¶

The name of the Web Part can easily be changed, so that your terminology is used in the Content Management System.

Figure: The Appearance Editor is used to change the title for each Web Part displayed in the Admin Panels. For further information, check out Common COR Edit Features.

Access to each Web Part¶

Optional favourite links are provided. To see your favourites, add the links to the Navigation file by using the Navigation Menu Editor using the menu name: 'My Links'.

Figure: properties in the Admin Panel Web Part that are used to display favourite links.