New Admin/Tech Look
We’re trying to make it a weekly thing, this blog. Each week is so packed full of stuff sometimes I forgot that people read my posts. And sometimes the stuff I do is just too utterly boring to the non-programmers in the crowd (which is what, 98%?).
I’d love to go on and on about how we updated our internal build numbers from simple incremental digits like 11 to a nice long and seemingly complicated number like 3010003 (which, by the way, is the build number for 3.1.0 Gold). I know how you’d just love to hear more build numbers and why the change so important, but I thought a short post about the new admin/tech interface would be a tad more interesting.
So here we are:
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Not bad, eh? We think it’s a vast improvement over the old look. One of my colleagues said, “Finally we’re out of 2004!”
Most of the layout and widgets are the same, but that old bulky blue table header was re-done (rounded corners, how Web 2.0!), and the header and footer were spiced up.
In the admin interface (the screenshot on the right), you’ll notice a small facelift on the old droll ’you should investigate’ list’. You also might have noticed the new Notices table. From time to time we will add a message after an upgrade to explain something important. For example, when you upgrade to 3.1 from 3.0.x you’ll see that notice about gateways and permissions, and one about enabling secure user passwords.
Anyway, that’s that. Just wanted to upload a screenshot for those of you who aren’t running 3.1 yet.
’til next week!
– Christopher Nadeau