One of the first things I wanted to improve in the admin area of my WordPress blog, back in the 1.5 days, was the header menu. I wanted to be able to reach any admin page in one click, instead of first clicking on the first level link (”Manage” for example) and then only on a submenu link (”Comments“) So came a very neat plugin : the Worpdress Admin Drop Down Menu
When WordPress 2.7 and its new and optimized user interface came, I thought there was still room for improvements: a horizontal menu gave the admin area more of a “desktop application” feel, and I think it’s superior to a vertical menu. So I updated the Worpdress Admin Drop Down Menu.
Download
Get the plugin :
ozh-admin-drop-down-menu.zip
Extract and upload to your blog, preserving directory structure.
Note: download counter here and stats on wordpress.org may differ and reflect the number of downloads before this plugin was hosted on the plugin directory
Activate and enjoy. Another friendly install & forget piece of PHP.
Features
- Customizable color scheme with a neat color picker
- Normal mode for regular users, compact mode for real estate maniacs, minimal mode for those who never have enough
- Optional cute icons from FamFamFam
- Enhanced compatibility with handheld devices
- Joy and happiness for every day
Javascript is involved for advanced features and to make stuff compatible with MSIE6, but on any decent browser everything works even with Javascript disabled.
Super neat color picking.
Any color you’ll love.
Normal or compact display.
Browser compatibility
The plugin has been developed on Firefox 3, Chrome and MSIE7. It should do fine with MSIE6 and Safari too.
There are glitches with Firefox 2 and Camino which both use a deprecated rendering engine. There are glitches with Opera that I won’t fix, unfortunately for Opera users.
Developer friendly
The plugin comes with a wickedly cool API that will allow other plugin developers to interact with it, like adding your own custom icon for your plugin. Read the API for Coders page for examples and documentation. Also, all elements the plugin produces get custom CSS classes and id’s to allow easy styling or selecting.
Translations
The plugin is ready for interglobanalization and there is a .pot template file included so polyglots can even make their own translation and sent the .mo and .po files to me that I’ll include in the package.
Older Versions
Version 2.3.4.1 for WordPress 2.5 to 2.6.5 is available and unsupported:
ozh-admin-drop-down-menu.2.3.4.1.zip
Extract and upload to your blog, preserving directory structure.
Demo: what it used to be in WordPress 2.5 to 2.6.5
Version 1.3.1 for WordPress 1.5 to 2.3.3 is still available too, after all these years:
- wp_ozh_adminmenu.txt (download and save as .php)
- wp_ozh_adminmenu.php (highlighted code, copy and paste in a blank file, but do not download as is)
Feedback
Sure. Feed me back. Like it? Blog about it. Love it? Click on the download link, see the Paypal button appear, and give it some clicks!
If you’re reporting bugs, you’re welcome, but please provide a screenshot and informations about your browser & your OS. I’m not supporting deprecated blogs or plugins or browsers, and I can’t respond to incomplete bug reports.
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pingback on 07/Jan/09 at 6:22 pm # :
[...] das vantagens do novo Wordpress é que ele é compatível com o plugin Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu. Este plugin entre muitas outras coisas, permite ao utilizador criar um menu horizontal drop down, [...]
wrote, on 07/Jan/09 at 12:19 am # :
Karin » Will look. Maybe I bugged something, localization is usually something I throw in late & quickly
said, on 06/Jan/09 at 11:48 pm # :
For some reason, I can’t make localization to work… what could be the problem? I’m using WP2.7 and the latest version of the plugin…
said, on 06/Jan/09 at 6:58 pm # :
lawvol » Most likely cache problem, keeping old version of the .js file. Refresh. If not, I don’t know.
wrote, on 06/Jan/09 at 4:10 pm # :
Ozh:
First of all, love the plugin! I have a question, however. When I upgraded to WP 2.7, I had an issue where the drop down plugin made all my menus disappear. I figured it was an update thing (which you pushed a new version a day or so later resolving that issue on my blog).
Well, I also maintain a few blogs for other folks, and I just upgraded a friend to WP 2.7 and he’s getting the same thing, except he has the most current version of the plugin. Any known conflicts with other plugins?
Thanks!
replied, on 03/Jan/09 at 1:05 am # :
I should give some details, I suppose. I am using Wordpres 2.7, PHP 5.2.8, and I just downloaded the latest version of Ozh Admin Menu, deleted the one that was there, dropped the new one in, and activated it.
thought, on 03/Jan/09 at 1:03 am # :
I am moving my blog from IIS6 using ISAPI to IIS7 with FastCGI. The Ozh Admin Menu does not work properly. It displays all options for all categories in a single vertial column, with no animation.
Suggestions?
said, on 02/Jan/09 at 6:34 pm # :
Bryan: reinstall the plugin properly.