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@siddharthashok

CUSTOMISING*THE*WORDPRESS*DASHBOARD*FOR*CLIENTS!

By*Siddharth*Ashok*FrontEnd*&*Wordpress*developer*at*Next*Big*

Thing!With  Siddharth  Ashok

To  simplify,  and  focus  the  admin  panel  to  the  needs  and  capabilities  of    a  specific  client  or  website.  !• Reduce  errors  • Improve  ease  of  use  • Make  site  changes  without  fear  of  screwing  up  the  website  

• Increase  usability  • Make  things  more  organised  

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What  It  Means

Build  a  site  that  is  easy  to  maintain

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The  ultimate  goal

Lets  Start  planning

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What  content  would  be  editable  in  the  admin  area

The  contents  on  the  site

• Featured  Images  • Image  Sliders  • Video  Embeds  • Custom  Texts  • Lists  • File  Downloads  • Sidebar  Items  • Forms  • Page  Titles  • Custom  Pages  • Analytic  Code  • Ads �5

Custom  Post  Types  &  Taxonomies

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Custom  Post  Type  UI

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https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-­‐post-­‐type-­‐ui/

Advanced  Custom  Fields

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http://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-­‐custom-­‐fields/

Now  our  we  are  almost  done  with  organising  the  site  contents,  lets  clean  up  the  dashboard.

White  Label  CMShttps://wordpress.org/plugins/white-­‐label-­‐cms/

Organising  Dashboard

• Give  custom  messages  • Feeds  • Widget

Customizing  Login  Screen

Admin  footer

Hide  What  You  don't  need

Adminimizehttp://wordpress.org/plugins/adminimize/

Edit  Menu  Names

Admin  Menu  Editorhttp://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-­‐menu-­‐editor/

Customising  Tiny  MCE

Custom  Buttons,  styles  

TinyMCE  Advancedhttp://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-­‐advanced/

Hack/Customise  Everything  …Its  Open  Source.

Your  icons,  colours,  design.

Good  service  is  good  business.

Thanks  for  Contributing  and  Supporting  to  WordPress  Community.

Happy  Holi!

@siddharthashok