During development of the next version of Ext JS based Wordpress Theme I have realized I need Ext JS on the admin side of Wordpress. I am not going to tell you the whole story about it, but I have prepared a little gadget instead.
I am presenting Ext JS Admin Menu.
This is very simple plugin that alter wordpress’ awfull admin menu into the nice, drop-down Ext JS one. The best part is that it took about half of hour to make it happen. And this is really a good reason to check the power of Ext JS library.
The plugin includes a part of Ext JS 2.0 RC1 library and can be downloaded from downloads page.
I am aware that some people are waiting for the next (better) version of the theme, but it really requires a lot of time; it is one man hobby project, thus please be patient. Also, please do not expect finished versions here. I am just playing with Ext JS library.
Below I am trying to explain why I am preparing an upgrade of Ext JS Wordpress Theme (or rather for whom), what shall be fixed in the new version and what new stuff will be added. As an image says more than a thousand words you can find a few screenshots here.
First, let me thank you for all your appreciation. The concept of making ExtJS based WP Theme is rather controversial, thus your appreciation places all of you on my side. Thank you. Now let me answer a couple of your questions and comments. Most of my answers shall start from the following: “This is true… I am working on it…”.
The first release of Ext JS Wordpress Theme is ready. Please go to Download Page, get the theme, try it by yourself and let me know how I can improve it. Check all the features and inform me about its bugs. Al thought I have try my best the software should be treated as an alpha release thus try to be forgiving.
The major feature of Ext JS Wordpress Theme are:
Makes use of beautiful ExtJS styles;
Makes use of real application ExtJS layout;
Uses Ajax to load Entries;
Sidebar uses famous Jozef Sakalos Accordion;
Calendar Widget is ajaxified and ExtJS skinned;
Quick Search displays search results during typing;
Comments are posted via Ajax; without refreshing the content of the entry;
I decided to create the site as an example of my little project called “Ext JS Wordpress Theme”. The plan is to combine together two most interesting these days (IMHO) open source projects.
The plan in simple: I want to spend some time to prove myself that I am able to create Wordpress theme using brilliant ExtJS library. Ext has everything I need: perfect layout tools, fancy widgets and beautiful styles. Here is what I want to achive:
The theme should change default Wordpress behavior; once loaded Wordpress should persists; in short: Ajax entry load;
It should change Wordpress look&fell into something that looks like an web application;
It should not change Wordpress ability to use plug ins; plug ins should work.
During development of the next version of Ext JS based Wordpress Theme I have realized I need Ext JS on the admin side of Wordpress. I am not going to tell you the whole story about it, but I have prepared a little gadget instead.
I am presenting Ext JS Admin Menu.
This is very simple plugin that alter wordpress’ awfull admin menu into the nice, drop-down Ext JS one. The best part is that it took about half of hour to make it happen. And this is really a good reason to check the power of Ext JS library.
The plugin includes a part of Ext JS 2.0 RC1 library and can be downloaded from downloads page.
I am aware that some people are waiting for the next (better) version of the theme, but it really requires a lot of time; it is one man hobby project, thus please be patient. Also, please do not expect finished versions here. I am just playing with Ext JS library.
Below I am trying to explain why I am preparing an upgrade of Ext JS Wordpress Theme (or rather for whom), what shall be fixed in the new version and what new stuff will be added. As an image says more than a thousand words you can find a few screenshots here.
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First, let me thank you for all your appreciation. The concept of making ExtJS based WP Theme is rather controversial, thus your appreciation places all of you on my side. Thank you. Now let me answer a couple of your questions and comments. Most of my answers shall start from the following: “This is true… I am working on it…”.
Answers below.
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The first release of Ext JS Wordpress Theme is ready. Please go to Download Page, get the theme, try it by yourself and let me know how I can improve it. Check all the features and inform me about its bugs. Al thought I have try my best the software should be treated as an alpha release thus try to be forgiving.
The major feature of Ext JS Wordpress Theme are:
I decided to create the site as an example of my little project called “Ext JS Wordpress Theme”. The plan is to combine together two most interesting these days (IMHO) open source projects.
The plan in simple: I want to spend some time to prove myself that I am able to create Wordpress theme using brilliant ExtJS library. Ext has everything I need: perfect layout tools, fancy widgets and beautiful styles. Here is what I want to achive:
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