54 Responses to “Wordpress Custom Admin Branding”

1. Richard
   January 25th, 2008
   1

   Hi there - This is a great plugin, thanks. The only - and significant - problem though is that, when activated, the plugin is preventing certain dashboard and posting functionality from showing up.

   For example, I activated it on two sites running WP 2.2x, after which I could no longer see the “View site” link on the top left of the dashboard and, more importantly, I could see any of the WYSIWIG icons or code shortcuts in the write post interface.

   Any idea how these could be fixed please, as otherwise this is a cool and really useful plugin. Cheers, Richard.

2. Richard
   January 25th, 2008
   2

   Sorry, I meant to say I could “not” see any of the WYSIWIG icons or code shortcuts in the write post interface… . Thanks.

3. Josh
   January 25th, 2008
   3

   Hi Richard,

   Thanks for pointing out that error. Unfortunetely I don’t have a solution yet. I did notice that if you deactivate the plugin, bring up the write page and then re-activate the plugin it works - but only for that session.

   It seems like the css for the WYSIWIG is getting confused a little bit. I will continue to look into this and post a solution when I find one.

   If anyone else has an idea I would welcome any feedback.

4. Ken
   January 25th, 2008
   4

   I tried out your branding plugin and it works for me sort of. however, when i click log out i get some errors.

   I suppose there might be a conflict with another plugin. I can send you a list or screen shot of the plugins i am using.

   I also tried to use your contact form and you are having issues with the verify image.

   Shoot me an email

5. Kincaid
   January 25th, 2008
   5

   Hi

   I tried your plugin but receive the same errors on logging out

   Great idea though!

6. Maximus
   January 25th, 2008
   6

   I would like to see a continuation of the topic

7. Eric Hall
   January 25th, 2008
   7

   Love your plug-in. Thanks so much. Was working on this and just decided to do a quick google and found you.

   THanks. This is exactly what I need for clients. I use WP for a basic Content Management system - it is so much easier for a client to learn than larger CMS.

   This is great.

   Thanks again.!

8. Josh
   January 25th, 2008
   8

   Hopefully the update should eliminate the errors some of you have been getting. There was some whitespace at the end of the code which was causing some havoc with the headers.

   Let me know if there are additional issues.

9. Matrich
   January 25th, 2008
   9

   Thanks so much for the plugin. I’ve always wanted to develop one for this purpose but fortunately, I have found it already done.

   Thanks for the update as it was causing an error which I wanted to point out but now it is fine.

10. Edie
    January 25th, 2008
    10

    Hello,

    thank you for this great plugin, but I have this problem:

    Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /mounted-storage/home50b/sub009/sc34411-EILL/
    czechbracelet.info/wp-content/plugins/custom_branding/custom_branding.php:56) in /mounted-storage/home50b/sub009/sc34411-EILL/czechbracelet.info/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 391

    Can you help me?

    Thank you for reply.

    Kind regards,
    Edie

11. Josh
    January 25th, 2008
    11

    I responded to an email to Edie but the most recent release of the plugin should clear up the remaining header issues.

    It should be noted that the plugin is compatible with Wordpress 2.2 and up.

    Please let me know if you have any other bugs or general comments.

12. Stephen R
    March 28th, 2008
    12

    Very cool plugin. Adds a really nice polish to a site before handing it over to a client. :)

    I’m also excited that this will work with the Drop-Down Menus plugin, though I do hope you (perhaps working with that plugin’s author) do find a way to make them work without modifications. What happens the next time he puts out an update? It’ll be re-screwed up every time an update comes out unless you two build support in.

    Still, Nice effort. :)

    (I normally rankle at the necessity of modifying plugin files directly when there could be a Settings page, but in this case I think it works. It makes it a little less easy to mess up the “application design” that you the installer create. I… think… I like this better.)

13. Josh
    March 28th, 2008
    13

    Hey Stephen,

    Thanks for the comment.

    I agree that it would nice if the integration would be seamless. The reason you have to modify the Ozh’s code is because my stylesheet is called before his. If anybody has any ideas along this route - I’m totally open for suggestions.

    I would actually really like to build in a settings page and if I can find the time in the future there will be. The problem with saving settings is that you then have to build in integration with the database - which is a whole new ballgame.

14. Stephen R
    March 28th, 2008
    14

    “The problem with saving settings is that you then have to build in integration with the database - which is a whole new ballgame.”

    It’s actually really easy. I’m a hack and I’ve made a few plugins with Settings Screens. You don’t have to work the SQL directly at all — WP has functions that do it.

    I even managed to put all of a plugin’s options into an array so it’s one entry in the DB — prevents clutter in users’ tables! :)

    Look for:

    get_option()
    add_option()
    update_option()

    As for calling your CSS before Ozh’s, I think you can set a priority when adding the header hook. Set it really high and it should run later.

15. Josh
    March 28th, 2008
    15

    Sounds good. I’ll give it a try.

16. Stephen R
    March 28th, 2008
    16

    Change line 31 of your plugin to this:

    add_action('admin_head', 'custom_header', 11);

    Now it is compatible with Drop-Down Menus. :)

    Oh yeah, and the Plugin URL is incorrect.

    Let me know if you want help with the Settings page.

17. Josh
    March 28th, 2008
    17

    Worked like a charm! I’ll update the plugin. Thanks Stephen!

18. Josh
    March 28th, 2008
    18

    It now has a settings page for the footer link!

    Thanks for the inspiration Stephen.

19. Brooke
    March 28th, 2008
    19

    Im very excited about this plugin, and am just trying it out on my test site. i ran into one problem. i set my header area to white, and cant seem to get the link colors in the upper right to change;
    http://skitch.com/bewmedia/etrf/custom-branding-problem

    i changed the setting in the css to this
    #wphead_custom a {
    color: #000000;
    border:none;
    }

    but its not working for me.
    maybe im just way over tired, and missing something obvious.

    any advice?

20. Brooke
    March 28th, 2008
    20

    oh, also this class doesnt seem to be working completely either, background took but font color didnt

    #wphead_custom {
    background: white;
    padding: .8em 19em .8em 2em;
    color: #dd0460;
    }

21. Josh
    March 29th, 2008
    21

    Hey Brooke,

    You need to add a couple additional classes to the style sheet (custom_branding_css). For individuals reading this later, these last couple of comments are referring to the legacy version of the plugin for WP 2.3.3 and down.

    
#wphead_custom a, #wphead_custom a:visited {
color: #000;
border:none;}


    
#user_info, #user_info a{
color:#000;
border-bottom:none;}


    When I get a chance I’ll update the plugin to include these classes by default.

22. Janet
    April 8th, 2008
    22

    Hi,

    Great plugin. No errors at all.
    My only question is, how do I change the backgroundcolor of the login-button. It remains blue, whatever I do…

    Thanks, Janet

23. Josh
    April 8th, 2008
    23

    Hi Janet,

    Thanks for the comment.

    What version of the plugin are you using?

24. Josh
    April 8th, 2008
    24

    @Janet

    The login button’s values are coming from the ‘colors-fresh.css’ file in the css folder which is in the wp-admin folder.

    I will update the plugin to include these classes on the custom_branding stylesheet.

25. Janet
    April 8th, 2008
    25

    Thanks for your good advice Josh!

    Now that my login screen is (almost) perfect, I see that the border of the “remember me” radiobutton is still blue.
    I’m sure you know how to fix that too…
    Cannot find it in the ‘colors-fresh.css’ file you mentioned earlier.

    Janet

26. Josh
    April 8th, 2008
    26

    @Janet
    Unfortunately styling radio buttons and checkboxes is somewhat quirky. I believe WordPress actually hasn’t applied any style to it. The blue border you are seeing is coming from your browser.

    The only good way I know to style checkboxes is with css and javascript together.

27. FabriceV
    April 10th, 2008
    27

    Hi,
    I am a newbie that currently test locally WordPress. Why the plugin is not registered at the official site. I have luckily discover it after hazardous web surfing. It’s really convenient to users to search WordPress plugins and consult, rate, comment with only one profile. However, I do not know if it’s convenient too for developer…
    Regards.

28. Josh
    April 11th, 2008
    28

    It is a actually registered at the official site but I’ve never been able to figure out how to use Subversion to actually get it on there.

    Unfortunately its a real hassle and for me there are too many hoops to jump through. Maybe in the future though…

29. swbit
    April 27th, 2008
    29

    uh… it doesn’t work? I uploaded all the files to the folder, and activated the plug in… but my login screen still looks the same as before?

30. Josh
    April 28th, 2008
    30

    I can try and help but you’ll need to provide a little more information - like what version of WP and the plugin you are using for starters.

31. Kerry
    May 7th, 2008
    31

    Janet(April 8, 2008):
    Try this in the plugin’s css:

    #rememberme {
    background-color: transparent;
    border: transparent;
    }

    rememberme is the id of the checkbox in the login form. This worked for me in IE6/7 & FF2.

    k.

32. Janet
    May 10th, 2008
    32

    Hi Kerry,

    Sorry for my delayed reaction, but your solution solved the problem.
    Thanks a lot!!!

    Janet

33. Scott Bernadot
    June 26th, 2008
    33

    Thank you for sharing the plugin. Great stuff!

34. Dennis Tang
    June 29th, 2008
    34

    Love the plugin, I blogged about it. There was one issue though, when using a custom administrator interface, the header and footer parts of the plugin would interfere with the interface. So I modified (more or less removed) part of the code so the plugin would only customize the login screen.

    The details are here: http://blog.dimonay.com/500/wordpress-custom-admin-branding-login-only/

35. Josh
    June 30th, 2008
    35

    Hey Dennis,

    Thanks for the kind review.

    Yeah, the header and footer customization is an issue when used with other custom admin plugins since they are using the same hooks.

    You can potentially use both if you just modify the css and image file to fit the dimensions that the other plugin’s header is using.

    For the next release I will think about putting in support for the some of the more common admin themes out there like the Leopard theme, and Fluency.

36. Paul Ireland
    July 18th, 2008
    36

    It appears the new Ozh Admin Drop Down menu (released today?) breaks when used with your plugin. I get the menu appearing below the header image, thus overlapping the page title.

    Anyone else get this?

37. Josh
    July 18th, 2008
    37

    I’ll take a look and get it fixed as soon as I can.

38. Josh
    July 21st, 2008
    38

    Hi Paul,

    I have updated the Custom Branding Plugin. Download the new version and it should work fine with the drop down menu plugin.

    Let me know if there are any issues.

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