I'm no expert in how to style the umbraco UI so I can't answer that part of your question. I would mention, however, that the UI though free is not licensed to allow modification. If you do want to modify the umbraco UI you'd need to purchase a Pro license that specifically grants you rights to do so. Though this is generally for people who want to re-brand umbraco I think it would be true of any changes to the UI given the licensing... but Niels or someone at umbraco corp could confirm or clarify that.
Maybe im not clear. Im not trying to change the Umbraco look or trying to white label the system. Its the layout of the form elements in the content area. They are very scruffy and never line up with the standard install. Unless Im doing something wrong!
Every site I have built in Umbraco always has this disjointed form layout in the backend. Its a shame because everything else is really good.
Absolutely. I have no intention of cloaking the system at all. I think Umbraco is excellent and the guys are doing a great job. Its just the layout of that damn content area that is the weak link!
I'll use a bespoke stylesheet for the form elements and see how I get on.
Hi Roger, I'm curious when you say "disjointed form layout" ... any chance of a screengrab, so we can see if it's standard Umbraco layout - or if you're missing a stylesheet?
One of things that bugged me for ages is the RichText editor not having a label, made the forms look - as you say a little disjointed. But if you go into the RichText Editor data-type, you can enable to display the label.
the easiest way to get things to line up [when using a richtext editor] is to go into the developer || dataTypes and make sure the box in the config for the rich text editor datatype is checked for 'show label' -- that will bump the field over to the right and line that up with other elements. You can also specify the width and height of the RTE in this same are.
Backend global styling
Hi all,
I would like to style the backend system in Umbraco. Textareas, positions colours etc.
Is there a global stylesheet that I can add or amend to do this?
so far just to amend the style of a textarea is a complete ball ache!
I am grateful for any help
Thanks
Rog
I don't think you can/may do this without a pro license (should be confirmed by umbraco hq)?
Cheers,
/Dirk
Hi, Roger,
I'm no expert in how to style the umbraco UI so I can't answer that part of your question. I would mention, however, that the UI though free is not licensed to allow modification. If you do want to modify the umbraco UI you'd need to purchase a Pro license that specifically grants you rights to do so. Though this is generally for people who want to re-brand umbraco I think it would be true of any changes to the UI given the licensing... but Niels or someone at umbraco corp could confirm or clarify that.
cheers,
doug.
Maybe im not clear. Im not trying to change the Umbraco look or trying to white label the system.
Its the layout of the form elements in the content area. They are very scruffy and never line up with the standard install. Unless Im doing something wrong!
Every site I have built in Umbraco always has this disjointed form layout in the backend. Its a shame because everything else is really good.
Rog
Best thing to do is just open firebug and see what's what. There are quite a lot of individual stylesheets holding things together.
Having done quite a bit of work with the backend ui, I have one quote for you
Good luck!
Dan
Really? cant be that bad Dan? I hope not. The layout of the form elements in content area is very poor in comparison to the quality of Umbraco
Rog
No it's not that bad, it's just a case of trial and error and Firebug is invaluable here.
What might be useful is creating a new stylesheet and including it after the other sheets, allowing you to easily apply your styles after any update.
One thing to note: afaik removing any umbraco branding is against the license, but I think colours/layout etc are fair game (i think!)
Dan
Absolutely. I have no intention of cloaking the system at all. I think Umbraco is excellent and the guys are doing a great job. Its just the layout of that damn content area that is the weak link!
I'll use a bespoke stylesheet for the form elements and see how I get on.
Rog
Hi Roger, I'm curious when you say "disjointed form layout" ... any chance of a screengrab, so we can see if it's standard Umbraco layout - or if you're missing a stylesheet?
One of things that bugged me for ages is the RichText editor not having a label, made the forms look - as you say a little disjointed. But if you go into the RichText Editor data-type, you can enable to display the label.
Cheers, Lee.
the easiest way to get things to line up [when using a richtext editor] is to go into the developer || dataTypes and make sure the box in the config for the rich text editor datatype is checked for 'show label' -- that will bump the field over to the right and line that up with other elements. You can also specify the width and height of the RTE in this same are.
hope that helps a bit.
doh, sorry Lee... i missed your refrence to the show label... my bad.
I did exactly the same Bob although my post just disappeared in to the aether. Wonder if this post will succeed?
Yep. Worked this time. Very weird.
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