It's not a large version number update from Beta 3 to Beta 3.1, but AdminPraise3 has just received some nice feature updates and bugfixes.

Updated toolbar icons, the option to completely hide the Component side menu, the status module in the footer and a relocated logo are the highlights. Continue reading for screenshots, details and the changelog.

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Summary Screenshot

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Logo Moved Into Header

To ground the overall interface a bit more and create a better border effect, the logo was moved into the header and the Component side menu (w/ avatar) was moved up.

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MyEditor & QuickAdd Moved

To allow for the logo in the header, the MyEditor and QuickAdd links were moved to the right. These links feel more comfortable here as there is less travel to get to them.

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Hide Side Menu Option

If you choose to hide, the Component Side Menu now, the entire sidebar will go away, allowing content to span the full width. Since the avatar is hidden, a link to the user profile will appear in the header.

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New Alternate Toolbar Icons

The new alternate toolbar feature (introduced in Beta3) receives an icon set that more closely matches the overall theme of AP3. We used the awesome Pictos icon set from DesignShack.

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New QuickIcon Module Icons

The default QuickIcon module also received an update with the Pictos icon set that matches.

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Narrow Content, K2 & FLEXIcontent Adjustments

Using CSS3 Media Queries, AP3 will now change table cells into list-items and float them under each other and fit narrow browsers much better.

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Status Module In Footer

If you choose to hide the footer components, the status module position will show up now. Default Joomla styles float right, and NoNumber's great admin modules/links float left.

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Alternate Row Background Colors

For easier readability and usability, alternating row colors have been added for table views and module lists.

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Changelog

Here's the changelog for the last few versions of AP3:

v0.3.1
added super admin group id check around dashboard module quickadds
added JCK editor styles
added control panel alt-toolbar icon
added styles for ContusHdVideoShare
added css media queries to make content, k2 and flexi editing better in narrow windows
added status module to footer if footer-components are hidden
fixed styles in ReReplacer
fixed Community Builder pagination
fixed K2 system message in Safari/Chrome
changed cpanel module height
changed moved logo inside status bar
changed changed hide side components param to totally hide side menu
changed reduced mainbody left/right padding
changed Alt Toolbar icons
changed quickadd alignment
changed myeditor alignment
removed k2 & flexi item icon hover

v0.3.0
added Alternate Toolbar option (forced for IE browsers)

v0.2.9
added Fallback Template & Fallback Component params

v0.2.8
changed all Stainless* functions to AdminPraise3* functions

v0.2.7
added classes to modal window body tag

v0.2.6
fixed modal image manager styles
fixed Rockettheme Gantry params css conflicts
fixed Rockettheme Gantry menu item params conflict

v0.2.5
fixed Phoca Download New button issue

v0.2.4
fixed Dark theme button styles
fixed CB toolbar styles
fixed K2 system message overlay issue
added CB toolbar New/Cancel Save/Delete styles

v0.2.3
add IE stylesheets
add conditionals to block dynamic width, myeditor and quickadd in IE

v0.2.2
add param to hide MyEditor
add param to hide Bottom Components
add param to hide Side Components


v0.2.0
- update toolbar styles for docman, morph, jce, jomsocial, joomailer, kunena, projectfork, sh404sef,
- update sh404 cpanel styles
- update side component menu styles
- added virtuemart toolbar styles
- added images for jce cpanel

One More Thing...

The Pro version of the QuickItem dashboard module has just been added to the AdminPraise Bundle! You can now submit content to core Articles, K2 and FLEXIcontent all from your admin dashboard! You can also use a WYSIWYG editor (current TinyMCE fits the area best). This works great with MyEditor, which lets you quickly change your editor on the fly in AdminPraise. (QuickItem Pro will be available for individual sale soon)

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Last modified on Tuesday, 22 February 2011 15:46
Kyle Ledbetter

Kyle Ledbetter

Kyle is the creative director and lead designer of AdminPraise templates.

He dreams up these crazy ideas and the awesome team helps execute them.