(From http://drupal.org/node/81957) I am really in for the re-arranged administration pages, though I find some menu item titles, well, lengthy, which makes them appear messy, if you will. For example, even in the default bluemarine theme, the item 'administration theme' gets wrapped and is spanned over two lines.

For a better overview I renamed menu items to single a word, and moved a few items (post settings, user settings, administration theme, search content, search users) to local tasks. Attached is a screenshot showing the administration section's menu items.

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#6 administration_0.patch13.9 KBdecafdennis
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decafdennis commented
Status: Active » Needs review
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new administration.patch13.93 KB

And here is a patch.

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decafdennis commented

http://flickr.com/photos/64371148@N00/233678951/

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dodorama commented

interesting.

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webchick
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Could you provide a listing of "X changed to Y" for people who don't read patch-ese? :)

(Note: I do, but it's a long patch and I have a short attention span ;))

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decafdennis commented

That's actually why a added a screenshot, :) but alright:

content management
content
post settings
[moved to a local task under posts]
search posts
[moved to a local task under posts]
RSS feeds
feeds
user management
users
users
accounts [why not, it's called an 'account' on multiple occasions in drupal]
add user [localtask]
add account [for consistency]
user settings
[local task under accounts]
search users
[local task under accounts]
access control
permissions
site configuration
settings [like in 4.7]
site information
site details [hmm]
site building
appearance
administration theme
[local task under appearance/themes]
site maintenance
maintenance
top search phrases
search phrases [now i think of it, maybe 'searches' is better]
recent log entries
recent entries
top 'page not found' errors
'page not found' errors
top 'access denied' errors
'access denied errors
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decafdennis commented
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new administration_0.patch13.9 KB

Rerolled patch for HEAD.

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decafdennis commented
Title: Improve administration section menu item titles » Improve administration section menu structure
Priority: Normal » Critical
Status: Needs review » Active

Does anybody have anything to say about this issue? I find that the menu items can be improved. Note that not all changes I proposed previously are still valid.

To highlight one of the changes mentioned above (which is still valid): move the post settings to a local task under posts, which is also consistent with the comments item. Same with user settings, which should be a local task for users.

This patch most certainly doesn't apply anymore, but anyway, if I get some reaction I can redo the patch for latest CVS.

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sime
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Priority: Critical » Normal

I think this is a subjective thing, and you are not likely to get support for this patch. I personally don't see the problem.

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decafdennis commented

Then please tell me where the consistency is in comments with a local task settings compared to posts and a separate menu item post settings. Well there's your problem...

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sime
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OK, let's start with those too things, a much better target.

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decafdennis commented
Version: x.y.z » 5.x-dev
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

I guess this does not apply anymore.