Maybe I am not understanding something but admin is an app and it has its own files.
On Dec 19, 5:28 pm, weheh <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone doing customization of their web2py layout knows that they are > going to heavily modify both the layout.html and static/css files. > This can result in breakage of the admin utility. It is good policy, I > think, to segregate the admin app from the user's app sufficiently > that the developer can create their own custom look and feel without > disrupting the debug cycle. This might mean keeping a completely > isolated set of layout.html, javascripts, and css files so that they > don't conflict with the web2py way of doing things. > > Of course, if the user is intending on exposing some of the admin db > features to the outside world (which I don't recommend), then what I'm > suggesting might get in the way. By default, then, the app layout.html > and css should be the same as the admin layout.html and css. But when > the user modifies the layout and other files, it shouldn't affect the > admin look and feel. > > How do others feel about this?

