I think he is talking about the appadmin controller.

Just go to /views/appadmin.html and remove the {{extend 'layout.html'}} or
include a new layout only to appadmin controller.

2010/12/20 DenesL <[email protected]>

>
> 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?
>



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