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W3BB:
A separate template for admin [ & moderator ] section would be useful especially for people whom are not into codding as if something goes wrong with a mod or whatever, they could still access the admin panel to take an action.

青山 素子:
Most modifications, especially with the 2.0 series, will edit all themes. However, users in the administrator group can switch to any installed theme by appending "?theme=x" to their board URL, where x is a theme ID number.

I know you'll say that it's not the same thing, and it isn't. However, if you have yet another template that duplicates functions for a specific group, modifications will also need to edit that or certain groups will be missing functionality, negating the purpose of a "special" template.

W3BB:

--- Quote from: 青山 素子 on March 26, 2012, 06:50:50 PM ---Most modifications, especially with the 2.0 series, will edit all themes. However, users in the administrator group can switch to any installed theme by appending "?theme=x" to their board URL, where x is a theme ID number.

I know you'll say that it's not the same thing, and it isn't. However, if you have yet another template that duplicates functions for a specific group, modifications will also need to edit that or certain groups will be missing functionality, negating the purpose of a "special" template.

--- End quote ---

Well, looking at other forum platforms i thought it would be a good idea for SMF to have a different template for the administration [ & moderator ] section.
What i wanted to say is that, if there would be an error from a mod they install [that makes the front side of the board inaccessible] admins would still be able to login and remove the conflicting mod.

Kindred:
what about a mod that modifies the admin side of things? (there's a lot of those)

here's the way to fix your problem
1- Before you install a mod - always take a backup!
2- if you have a problem with a mod - restore the backup.

done. :)

W3BB:

--- Quote from: Kindred on March 27, 2012, 07:52:49 AM ---what about a mod that modifies the admin side of things? (there's a lot of those)

here's the way to fix your problem
1- Before you install a mod - always take a backup!
2- if you have a problem with a mod - restore the backup.

done. :)

--- End quote ---

Thanks:), but i actually dont have a problem myself. It was just an idea on how to make things simpler for administrators in case something goes wrong. Not everyone knows how to do/restore backups from MySQL or fix errors, and not everyone do tests on localhost before uploading on a live site, even if they should.

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