Ordering of Major Admin Sections in Getting Started Guide

[Shai Gluskin]

Hi Folks,

Obviously when discussing D6 administration, the major sections of Drupal's
administration screen will be the organizing principle in presenting the
material.

Right now the order those sections are discussed on the handbook page are
different from the order in the book menu. I will make sure that will be
consistent.

But this raises another question. What should the order of those major admin
sections be?

The order I like best is the one that the Drupal Administration Menu
Module<http://drupal.org/project/admin_menu>uses. Since core never
lays them out sequentially, but rather in columns
that you can read down or across, I thought it would be reasonable to use
admin_menu's order. And it is a hugely popular module, so it would reinforce
something that people are likely to see when they get around to installing
that module.

Here is the order:

1. Content management
2. Site building
3. Site configuration
4. User Management
5. Reports


Anybody have a disagreement with this order?

If anyone wants to help out on the D6 Getting Started Guide, let me know. I
know Heather is working on it. I'm just trying to provide a little guidance.

Thanks,

Shai

[HansBKK]

Ordering - looks good to me Shai.

I really like Admin menu myself.

Re the subject header, I have to change it manually because I'm on digest.
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[Ryan Cross]

I am not sure which I would prefer, but I think there could be a strong
argument made for ordering the sections based on the initial actions/desires
of the new users. Similar to the steps laid out in a fresh install. Namely:

1) Site configuration (setting site name, etc)
2) Site building (adding modules, themes)
3) Content Management (adding a node)
4) User Management (deciding who can do what with that content)
5) Reports (is everythign working right?)
6) Help (shouldn't be forgotten, and could arguably go at the top for
documentation purposes and get people more familiar with using the help
system)

#3 and #4 could potentially be swapped, but that's the way the current
introduction to the system is done I think.

-Ryan

Post by HansBKK
Ordering - looks good to me Shai.
I really like Admin menu myself.
Re the subject header, I have to change it manually because I'm on digest.
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[John Noceda]

Hi!

Post by Shai Gluskin
The order I like best is the one that the Drupal Administration Menu
Module <http://drupal.org/project/admin_menu> uses. Since core never
lays them out sequentially, but rather in columns that you can read
down or across, I thought it would be reasonable to use admin_menu's
order. And it is a hugely popular module, so it would reinforce
something that people are likely to see when they get around to
installing that module.
1. Content management
2. Site building
3. Site configuration
4. User Management
5. Reports

I think that core does lay them out sequentially at
*/admin/build/menu-customize/navigation page. This is the same order in
the Drupal Administration Menu Module
<http://drupal.org/project/admin_menu> so I reckon that it's the default
sequential order. I am using suckerfish on my sites' primary links so
the first thing I do is move the "administer" link from the Navigation
menu to primary links menu and it is the same order as you have stated.

Post by Shai Gluskin
Anybody have a disagreement with this order?

I think this is very good for consistency. :-)

John
JohnNoc (drupal.org/groups.drupal.org/drupalnorge.no/etc.)
_JohnNoc_ (irc)

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