Well, it looks like you guys worked this out in the meantime (I haven't tried it yet myself) so I'm guessing jsfiddle/codepen would be unnecessary at this point?
Thanks Josh! On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Stephen McDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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