I have noticed that a few admin control panel templates draw from the user/member template setting parts of a template set for at least one graphic file - columnheader.png
Best I can tell everything else in the admin CP uses the style.css that is in the admin area of the template set.
Problem is this one graphic file use may not (is not in my case) be suitable for the standard admin CP style.
EG: a template set with a black columnheader.png results in the admin panel having 'hidden' column header text.
Since the admin panel needn't neccessarily conform to a site color theme there's not much reason IMO to modify the admin style.css to compensate for user templates.
So, basically I'd like to suggest that the admin CP not adopt images from member template sets. It seems the columnheader.png is the only place this happens..
I had replaced templates/default with the dark template set -- same .tpl files and all just graphics changes.
Anyhow, the admin CP doesn't use the member selected style/template as I thought, but rather straight out looks for what graphics it's using in the default template set.
In any event, it still might be useful, if there isn't anything more than the columnheader.jpg being used in the admin CP to make the stock admin template not require any image files.. just to avoid the issue entirely.
Note that you should be using a stylesheet there, not creating a new template set, when the templates are the same. It's just a confusing waste of space that makes upgrading more time consuming when you duplicate the whole templates directory. See the style images article on how to associate images with the stylesheet.
Anyhow I suppose it would make sense to use a copy of columnheader.png in the /admin/ directory that won't be subject to customization... will do that.
Yes, I've used the /images_style approach. I just got the big idea to make the dark template the physical default. I've since restored the initial arrangement with dark style as an 'add on' style..
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I have noticed that a few admin control panel templates draw from the user/member template setting parts of a template set for at least one graphic file - columnheader.png
Best I can tell everything else in the admin CP uses the style.css that is in the admin area of the template set.
Problem is this one graphic file use may not (is not in my case) be suitable for the standard admin CP style.
EG: a template set with a black columnheader.png results in the admin panel having 'hidden' column header text.
Since the admin panel needn't neccessarily conform to a site color theme there's not much reason IMO to modify the admin style.css to compensate for user templates.
So, basically I'd like to suggest that the admin CP not adopt images from member template sets. It seems the columnheader.png is the only place this happens..
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Okay, I discovered the root of the issue.
I had replaced templates/default with the dark template set -- same .tpl files and all just graphics changes.
Anyhow, the admin CP doesn't use the member selected style/template as I thought, but rather straight out looks for what graphics it's using in the default template set.
In any event, it still might be useful, if there isn't anything more than the columnheader.jpg being used in the admin CP to make the stock admin template not require any image files.. just to avoid the issue entirely.
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Note that you should be using a stylesheet there, not creating a new template set, when the templates are the same. It's just a confusing waste of space that makes upgrading more time consuming when you duplicate the whole templates directory. See the style images article on how to associate images with the stylesheet.
Anyhow I suppose it would make sense to use a copy of columnheader.png in the /admin/ directory that won't be subject to customization... will do that.
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Yes, I've used the /images_style approach. I just got the big idea to make the dark template the physical default. I've since restored the initial arrangement with dark style as an 'add on' style..