I've been doing some work on the admin interface. Any requests? Also,
how do you feel about HAML? Thats what I've been working in. If that's
cool I'll convert all the default templates over to it.
I've been meaning to do up a dashboard type thing for the admin area. Basically just recent comments, links to recent articles ... any thing else interesting that could go here? Make the first admin screen deal with 80% of the stuff you want to do there.
Oh and if you wanted to make the layout HTML a bit nicer I wouldn't complain (I just ripped the table layout from SimpleLog). 'left' and 'grey' are not appropriate CSS selectors :/
I'm torn on HAML. I really like it, but it's another thing you have to learn to jump in (raises barrier to entry). It is probably a 'best practice' though, and I'm all for pushing those. And this is a blog for developers, so maybe it's not so much of a problem.
> I've been doing some work on the admin interface. Any requests? Also, > how do you feel about HAML? Thats what I've been working in. If that's > cool I'll convert all the default templates over to it.
hey xavier & chris robo lord
haml +1 - i dont know it yet, but happy to learn along the way. have
read it's home page many months ago, it looks less challenging than
git, or openid. even rspec was new experience for me, so don't hold
back imho :)
On Apr 7, 8:08 am, Xavier Shay <xavier-l...@rhnh.net> wrote:
> I've been meaning to do up a dashboard type thing for the admin area.
> Basically just recent comments, links to recent articles ... any thing
> else interesting that could go here?
> Make the first admin screen deal with 80% of the stuff you want to do
> there.
> Oh and if you wanted to make the layout HTML a bit nicer I wouldn't
> complain (I just ripped the table layout from SimpleLog).
> 'left' and 'grey' are not appropriate CSS selectors :/
> I'm torn on HAML. I really like it, but it's another thing you have to
> learn to jump in (raises barrier to entry).
> It is probably a 'best practice' though, and I'm all for pushing
> those. And this is a blog for developers, so maybe it's not so much of
> a problem.
> Xav
> On 07/04/2008, at 12:17 AM, Chris Lloyd wrote:
> > Hey,
> > I've been doing some work on the admin interface. Any requests? Also,
> > how do you feel about HAML? Thats what I've been working in. If that's
> > cool I'll convert all the default templates over to it.
> hey xavier & chris robo lord > haml +1 - i dont know it yet, but happy to learn along the way. have > read it's home page many months ago, it looks less challenging than > git, or openid. even rspec was new experience for me, so don't hold > back imho :)
> On Apr 7, 8:08 am, Xavier Shay <xavier-l...@rhnh.net> wrote: >> I've been meaning to do up a dashboard type thing for the admin area. >> Basically just recent comments, links to recent articles ... any >> thing >> else interesting that could go here? >> Make the first admin screen deal with 80% of the stuff you want to do >> there.
>> Oh and if you wanted to make the layout HTML a bit nicer I wouldn't >> complain (I just ripped the table layout from SimpleLog). >> 'left' and 'grey' are not appropriate CSS selectors :/
>> I'm torn on HAML. I really like it, but it's another thing you have >> to >> learn to jump in (raises barrier to entry). >> It is probably a 'best practice' though, and I'm all for pushing >> those. And this is a blog for developers, so maybe it's not so much >> of >> a problem.
>> Xav
>> On 07/04/2008, at 12:17 AM, Chris Lloyd wrote:
>>> Hey,
>>> I've been doing some work on the admin interface. Any requests? >>> Also, >>> how do you feel about HAML? Thats what I've been working in. If >>> that's >>> cool I'll convert all the default templates over to it.
> So the 3 main users all say +1 HAML. > Let the rest be damned, I say.
Ah, I'm too slow. Still, the only thing I have against HAML is that it can slow rendering down a bit. But for an app like this, I doubt that will be an issue.
> And you're right, if I'm going to force Git on everyone, that pretty > much invalidates the "maybe it's too hard" argument ;)
>> So the 3 main users all say +1 HAML. >> Let the rest be damned, I say.
> Ah, I'm too slow. Still, the only thing I have against HAML is that it > can slow rendering down a bit. But for an app like this, I doubt that > will be an issue.
And if speed was an issue my first port of call would be caching, since most enki pages are pretty much static.
> I've been doing some work on the admin interface. Any requests? Also, > how do you feel about HAML? Thats what I've been working in. If that's > cool I'll convert all the default templates over to it.
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Items: - 'Recent commits' is loaded asynchronously with JS. Haven't figured out how to do cross site AJAX yet, so it's currently proxied through enki. This sucks, at least on dev (ties up a mongrel == bad):
- github feed is invalid so that's why it's using the gitorious feed - for RHNH (not core), would maybe like somewhere to put feedburner and defensio stats, maybe some sparkline graphs or something. That would be the 4th panel I imagine. - for RHNH going to use AJAX to pull in my flickr feed for ease of linking in posts - Still not 100% on the comments. I don't just want a list of recent comments, since I think they need context. The interface detailed isn't the most intuitive (click name to reveal comment). Suggestions for a better method encouraged. - Still need to apply this style to the rest of the admin. The greys are much easier on my eyes than the simplelog. Yes I stole the look from habari. I am not a designer, I need all the help I can get.
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> <Picture 40.png>
> Thoughts?
> On 07/04/2008, at 12:17 AM, Chris Lloyd wrote:
>> Hey,
>> I've been doing some work on the admin interface. Any requests? Also, >> how do you feel about HAML? Thats what I've been working in. If >> that's >> cool I'll convert all the default templates over to it.
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No not at all! I think the stuff you are doing is better than my candy bar approach! I have a few suggestions but I'll whack that into photoshop in the next few days and have a little play around. The commit idea is really good. Its looking hot! Just while I was thinking of it, the Wordpress admin interface got alot of flack for showing a list of all your posts right up. In a single user environment, you know all the posts you've written so why do you have to see them all when you log in? I think the dashboard should be all about new comments, commits and stats.
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Xavier Shay <xavier-l...@rhnh.net> wrote: > Here's another screeny
> Items: > - 'Recent commits' is loaded asynchronously with JS. Haven't figured > out how to do cross site AJAX yet, so it's currently proxied through > enki. This sucks, at least on dev (ties up a mongrel == bad):
> - github feed is invalid so that's why it's using the gitorious feed > - for RHNH (not core), would maybe like somewhere to put feedburner > and defensio stats, maybe some sparkline graphs or something. That > would be the 4th panel I imagine. > - for RHNH going to use AJAX to pull in my flickr feed for ease of > linking in posts > - Still not 100% on the comments. I don't just want a list of recent > comments, since I think they need context. The interface detailed > isn't the most intuitive (click name to reveal comment). Suggestions > for a better method encouraged. > - Still need to apply this style to the rest of the admin. The greys > are much easier on my eyes than the simplelog. Yes I stole the look > from habari. I am not a designer, I need all the help I can get.
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> > <Picture 40.png>
> > Thoughts?
> > On 07/04/2008, at 12:17 AM, Chris Lloyd wrote:
> >> Hey,
> >> I've been doing some work on the admin interface. Any requests? Also, > >> how do you feel about HAML? Thats what I've been working in. If > >> that's > >> cool I'll convert all the default templates over to it.
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> Just while I was thinking of it, the Wordpress admin interface got > alot of flack for showing a list of all your posts right up. In a > single user environment, you know all the posts you've written so > why do you have to see them all when you log in? I think the > dashboard should be all about new comments, commits and stats.
My reasoning there is one of the main reasons you're going into admin is to edit a recent post, and having a list there removes a click. Also you can quickly see activity on those posts (comments). That's not a strong case, so I could see it go if something more demanding of real estate came along.
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Xavier Shay <xavier-l...@rhnh.net> > wrote: > Here's another screeny
> Items: > - 'Recent commits' is loaded asynchronously with JS. Haven't figured > out how to do cross site AJAX yet, so it's currently proxied through > enki. This sucks, at least on dev (ties up a mongrel == bad):
> - github feed is invalid so that's why it's using the gitorious feed > - for RHNH (not core), would maybe like somewhere to put feedburner > and defensio stats, maybe some sparkline graphs or something. That > would be the 4th panel I imagine. > - for RHNH going to use AJAX to pull in my flickr feed for ease of > linking in posts > - Still not 100% on the comments. I don't just want a list of recent > comments, since I think they need context. The interface detailed > isn't the most intuitive (click name to reveal comment). Suggestions > for a better method encouraged. > - Still need to apply this style to the rest of the admin. The greys > are much easier on my eyes than the simplelog. Yes I stole the look > from habari. I am not a designer, I need all the help I can get.
> > On 07/04/2008, at 12:17 AM, Chris Lloyd wrote:
> >> Hey,
> >> I've been doing some work on the admin interface. Any requests? > Also, > >> how do you feel about HAML? Thats what I've been working in. If > >> that's > >> cool I'll convert all the default templates over to it.
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