Nothing comes to mind but if you have any ideas where we can easily (eg with a light touch) improve the usability and look of it then definitely bring them up!
I had my eye on this style of left-hand nav that the wordpress admin uses for quite a while, and recently I saw a comment on reddit or some site describing Mezzanine's admin + grappelli as looking tired and old compared to newer CMSes and I couldn't help but agree. So the left-hand nav is an attempt to improve things there. You might notice I also tried to increase font sizes everywhere, but I tried to do this in a way where I didn't touch anything in grappelli which was only partially successful. I think one of the main usability issues currently is the tiny fonts everywhere. On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Josh B <[email protected]>wrote: > Sounds good, besides the collapsible menu is there other things you want > to do to the admin? > > > On Sunday, February 23, 2014 10:22:37 PM UTC-7, Stephen McDonald wrote: > >> Yep but I've just fixed that locally and will push in a sec so don't >> sweat it. >> >> Thanks again, really exciting to give the admin a dress up! >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Josh B <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Did you want it to butt up to the top or? >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, February 23, 2014 10:19:31 PM UTC-7, Stephen McDonald wrote: >>> >>>> Ahhh I'm sorry, I just cleared my cache and it mostly looks right: >>>> >>>> http://cl.ly/image/1s2j3B121Q3U >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Josh B >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> My bad, forgot to fix the error message once logged in. Give me a >>>>> minute. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, February 23, 2014 10:14:29 PM UTC-7, Stephen McDonald wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks a lot Josh! >>>>>> >>>>>> Not sure if it's intended bit it still looks a bit off on my end: >>>>>> http://cl.ly/image/1q2H0E1Y1w0w >>>>>> >>>>>> My browser is Chrome 34.0.1847.3 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Josh B <josh.ba...@ >>>>>> wearetopsecret.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I just opened a Pull Request for the messages issue. Haven't had a >>>>>>> chance to look into the collapsing navigation. Let me know if you have >>>>>>> time >>>>>>> to take care of that Josh. If not I might have some time tomorrow. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sunday, February 23, 2014 4:05:51 PM UTC-7, Stephen McDonald >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sounds like a great idea, wanna kick it off? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Josh Cartmell >>>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'd like to try to help as well, would there be any way to put a >>>>>>>>> static version up on jsfiddle or codepen so that we could easily play >>>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>>> the js and iterate? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Stephen McDonald >>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Don't really have one - is there any reason not to modify it? >>>>>>>>>> If not, go for it. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Josh B <josh.ba...@ >>>>>>>>>> wearetopsecret.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Stephen, what is your stance on modifying the admin/base.html? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, February 22, 2014 7:30:30 PM UTC-7, Josh B wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I don't have a ton of time, but I will take a look and fix a >>>>>>>>>>>> couple of things. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, February 22, 2014 12:35:26 AM UTC-7, Stephen >>>>>>>>>>>> McDonald wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I've just pushed up an initial version of this and am >>>>>>>>>>>>> desperately seeking assistance in finishing it: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine/commit/6fcba4b31e4a9 >>>>>>>>>>>>> f21275cd22774d8ac24d3342668 >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> The main problem at the moment is that messages "invalid >>>>>>>>>>>>> login, you've saved foo, etc" are completely borked. This is the >>>>>>>>>>>>> showstopper. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Lastly and of less importance, there's no interactivity - >>>>>>>>>>>>> hover states, active nav, nothing - the entire thing is static. >>>>>>>>>>>>> Would be >>>>>>>>>>>>> nice to have some basic aspects around that working. Further to >>>>>>>>>>>>> this, we >>>>>>>>>>>>> could have some more ux around it where only the currently viewed >>>>>>>>>>>>> section >>>>>>>>>>>>> (eg Content, Blog, Site, etc) is open, and the other sections >>>>>>>>>>>>> open when >>>>>>>>>>>>> clicked on - only one should be open at any time perhaps? We >>>>>>>>>>>>> could also use >>>>>>>>>>>>> some toggle buttons, for showing/hiding the menu (default should >>>>>>>>>>>>> be open, >>>>>>>>>>>>> perhaps only if the screen is wide), and separately, toggling the >>>>>>>>>>>>> sections >>>>>>>>>>>>> being collapsed or expanded. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> There's a lot of work to be done here and I don't really have >>>>>>>>>>>>> the front-end skill nor the time available right now to see it >>>>>>>>>>>>> through. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Who can help out? >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Stephen McDonald < >>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 5:10 AM, Josh Cartmell < >>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey Steve, that looks pretty cool! I agree with Luc that it >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would be nice to make it collapse able. It also might be nice >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> if the menu >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> scrolled independently from the rest of the page. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Last question, what happens on smaller screens? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not sure, just experimenting at this stage. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kinda hitting the limits of my front-end capabilities, so I >>>>>>>>>>>>>> might get a basic version working and if others are able to >>>>>>>>>>>>>> improve on it >>>>>>>>>>>>>> it'd be great. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Luc Milland < >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think it's great, since most of the people have wide >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> screens nowadays. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe it would be cool if submenus were toggleable, since >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the list can >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> become very long when using custom and third party apps. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Luc >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Le lundi 17 février 2014 à 12:01 +1100, Stephen McDonald a >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> écrit : >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Playing around with restyling the nav menu in the admin: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > http://cl.ly/image/3519242k1m0K >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > The nav menu contains the admin classes grouped by app - >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> previously it was >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > implemented as light grey drop-down menus across the top >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the screen. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > You'll see I've moved everything to the left-hand side, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with all items >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > permanently visible. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > What do you think? 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