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willydoit
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Nov 8, 2011, 5:31 AM

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While we are aware of how straight forward it is to bring content created in CMSB into website page templates, is it also possible to take the control area where users log in to edit their listings etc and also incorporate this into a page designed around a website so that the control panel pages have the same page colour schemes and layouts as the owners website in order to create a universal feel passing from the website itself into the CMSB control panel rather than using the default CMSB admin pages.

As I havent seen it referred to anywhere I suspect not but would hate to not take advantage of the facility if it exists.

Thanks for any info provided on this


Jason
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Nov 8, 2011, 9:43 AM

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Re: [willydoit] Integrating control panel into website design [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi,

Sure, you can edit CMS Builders CSS by going to
cmsAdmin/3rdParty/SimplaAdmin/css

There you'll find the CSS files that control CMS Builder's layout. It is important to note that any custom changes made to these files would be overwritten when upgrading your CMS, so you should always make a backup before upgrading.

Hope this helps
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Dave
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Nov 8, 2011, 10:43 AM

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Re: [willydoit] Integrating control panel into website design [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi willydoit,

The simplest and quickest changes you can make to create a consistent feel is to add the clients logo to the CMS and their color scheme under:
Admin > General > Header Image URL
Admin > General > Color / Theme

Next, any custom CSS changes you can add to cmsAdmin/custom.css (see custom.css.readme for details) and they will still allow you to upgrade as that file doesn't get overwritten.

Adding some common color and logo elements to the CMS will make it seem part of the same integrated system. Beyond that, some people have extensively modified the backend admin to look differently, but personally I like having the content and design separate much in way that HTML and CSS keep the content and styling separate. There are some pros and cons to each approach.

Hope that helps, let me know any questions.

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
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willydoit
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Nov 10, 2011, 4:38 AM

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Re: [Dave] Integrating control panel into website design [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Guys,

Thanks for the feedback on this, does this mean that if I replicate sections of the original CMSB css files and place them in a custom.css file the layout will overwrite the original css settings with the amendments that I have saved to those values in custom.css?

Thanks


Jason
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Nov 10, 2011, 12:02 PM

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Re: [willydoit] Integrating control panel into website design [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi,

Yes, the CSS values you put in custom.css would override the CSS files from other folders.

Hope this helps
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