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[François Marier <francois@xxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  I didn't see this in my quick scan of the requests, so my apologies if
  this has already been requested.
  
  If you're an admin, it's confusing to have the admin
  functions/navigation replace the main navigation with buttons that are
  the same color, etc. Not only is it visually confusing, but it also
  forces you to leave "admin" mode before returning to do any of the
  normal functions.
  
  In most systems, one of two things happens when you want to go into admin functions:
  1) You go to a noticeably different interface (different page layout, color scheme, etc.)
  2) You stay in the main interface (without losing any functionality), but you get additional access to admin functions via a noticeably separate set of buttons or menus.
  
  I generally prefer #2.  That's how Drupal and Moodle do it, but
  interfaces like Google Apps prove that #1 can work well too.
  
  In the short term, I'd suggest at least making the colors for any admin
  related buttons a different color. I guess I could go into the CSS to
  make this happen now if I wanted to, but I think it's important enough
  to make for default installations as well.
- 
- Thx.
- 
- Chris : )
- 
- This bug was imported from eduforge.org, see:
- https://eduforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3352&group_id=176&atid=742

** Tags removed: mahara-eduforge-feature-request

** Changed in: mahara
     Assignee: Evan Goldenberg (naveg) => (unassigned)

** Tags added: theming

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/547677

Title:
  More Distinct Admin Navigation

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I didn't see this in my quick scan of the requests, so my apologies if
  this has already been requested.

  If you're an admin, it's confusing to have the admin
  functions/navigation replace the main navigation with buttons that are
  the same color, etc. Not only is it visually confusing, but it also
  forces you to leave "admin" mode before returning to do any of the
  normal functions.

  In most systems, one of two things happens when you want to go into admin functions:
  1) You go to a noticeably different interface (different page layout, color scheme, etc.)
  2) You stay in the main interface (without losing any functionality), but you get additional access to admin functions via a noticeably separate set of buttons or menus.

  I generally prefer #2.  That's how Drupal and Moodle do it, but
  interfaces like Google Apps prove that #1 can work well too.

  In the short term, I'd suggest at least making the colors for any
  admin related buttons a different color. I guess I could go into the
  CSS to make this happen now if I wanted to, but I think it's important
  enough to make for default installations as well.

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