I just fell in love with the Tiger Administration plugin for WordPress. The plugin, once activated, themes the WP-Admin pages of a WordPress installation. The theme is along the lines of OS X Tiger, hence the name. Currently it only works with Firefox, but it degrades nicely to the original WP-Admin theme in other browsers.
This is just the thing that WordPress needed to unclunkify the administration panels. Unfortunately, in Owen Winkler’s reports on what’s new in WP 2.0, he states that the admin redesign is not as significant as the Tiger plugin. I just hope the plugin will continue to work in the WP 2.0.
So, check out the screenshots on the page linked above. To the people whose blogs I host here at ask-mark.com: if you would like the plugin installed and activated on your blogs, just let me know. Believe me when I say this: it is an excellent plugin!
It looks cool and crisp…I just have one question tho. I have been trying to figure out what these theme things are all about, and I think I have everything understood with but one exception: where in the world is something called the “wp-content/plugins directory”
It’s one of those things…suuurrre I know what a “directory” is. Ok, I’ve heard the word many times but have no clue what one is or what it does. Is this something that can only be accessed by the owner of the domain (as in, Mark)…see, there I go again…I know the word “domain” but have no idea if I’m using it correctly. Life’s a gamble, get over it. Anyone know what the heck I’m rambling about and/or why I’m so clueless?!
Brad, the short answer to your question about the directory is that it is part of your blog website. The /wp-content folder is where you generally upload themes, plugins and extra content like picture. You will need to FTP to http://ftp.ask-mark.com to see all of your folders. Then, you can upload plugins into the /wp-content/plugins directory, and themes into the /wp-content/themes directory.