http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:26:12 +0000 http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/change-dashboard-colors#post-22643 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:18:56 +0000 Jonny Janiero 22643@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>try this plugin <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-admin-theme/">WP Admin Theme</a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/change-dashboard-colors#post-22573 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:22:59 +0000 helgatheviking 22573@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>that bit of code doesn't cause any problems on my site. just turns the #wphead div blue like it is supposed to. you might have errors in other places. </p> <p>try the debug trick here:<br /> <a href="http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/10-useful-new-wordpress-hacks" rel="nofollow">http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/10-useful-new-wordpress-hacks</a> </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/change-dashboard-colors#post-22571 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:06:27 +0000 Devadaru 22571@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Thanks for the link. Yes, I should have thought that someone would make a plugin for this. </p> <p><a href="http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/10-wordpress-dashboard-hacks">This site</a> suggested the following code which caused problems.</p> <pre><code>function custom_colors() { echo &#39;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;#wphead{background:#069}&lt;/style&gt;&#39;; } add_action(&#39;admin_head&#39;, &#39;custom_colors&#39;);</code></pre> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/change-dashboard-colors#post-22569 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:24:32 +0000 helgatheviking 22569@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>try google. plugins already exist for this<br /> <a href="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wordpress/awesome-wordpress-plugin-your-dashboard/" rel="nofollow">http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wordpress/awesome-wordpress-plugin-your-dashboard/</a></p> <p>and "The tips I found about adding something to functions.php break the site." doesn't tell us what you tried. when stuff in your functions.php "breaks the site" it is usually b/c of a parse error.... a " or ; or ( in the wrong place </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/change-dashboard-colors#post-22567 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:16:37 +0000 Devadaru 22567@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi, I'd like to be able to change the colors on the dashboard to something strikingly different (so that I don't edit the wrong site, when I am working on more than one site simultaneously).</p> <p>I searched the forums without luck. Can anyone point me in the right direction? The tips I found about adding something to functions.php break the site. </p>