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+1 to either being able to customise it or remove it completely. Having the ability to add or remove blocks would be good i.e. have 4 or 6 widget blocks
+1 to customize the blocks.
Also showing the last 3 times the 'user' logged in with the IP and time would be good
I think it unnecessary but understand others may like it.
Huge improvement over "What's New(?)".
IMHumbleO, a system activity "page" is much more useful, for examples, a formatted output of web pages served (Apachectl fullstatus) and/or
ps -eaf | grep -v root | grep -v nobody.I like the new Icons for the Icon Grid (Modern) and New Grey icons
Hope they will work on Traditional theme too
for end users this kind of appearance is more attractive
@kang28ivan
I agree, the view you show is much easier to navigate and makes more sense than a restricted pop out.
But it is dashboard only. How would users navigate the skin when they’re in some inner page?
Wouldn't it change as you go into each item.??
Maybe at the top do word short cuts showing where you are to easily click back?
e.g. Home > Control Panel > File Manager
You can then easily navigate where you need to go?
Yes, but to go from 1 page to another it'd require you to click "home" and select another page then (2 clicks/page changes) instead of 1.
Isn't that how it is now with traditional skins too when we have to return to the home page to access other menus?
Possibly embed the options into the dashboard?
It has a small menu in top-right, but it isn't as convenient as this one. If menu is moved to dashboard, you'd always need to go back to dashboard to go to some other page. Isn't it faster/easier to go to any page you want from any page you're in?
It's true that it will be faster, but sometimes users are confused by new things, maybe it just needs adaptation but it would be nice that the Icon Grid option is also available
I do not think end user will like dashboard. They just want host there site and want to see easily what they use mostly in the panel.
wow +1
Agree, the more straightforward for end-user and user-friendly the best for everyone, the design is amazing but kind of confusing. I would stick with old one although this looks more modern.
Only out of curiosity, are you part of or closely connected to the Direct Admin team?
I love the integrity & helpfulness of @DA_Mark but don't know who the other (2?) owners are.
Fun fact, Mark likes Lowendtalk better and chooses to help people here in exclusion to other famous forums that might start with a "WH..."
Myself, @smtalk, and John. John isn't a forum guy but anyone needing advanced support has probably dealt with him.
Definitely more at home here. Things are more interesting with antics & drama.
Also, people here don't hold back on their opinions so it seems like a great place to be for that reason too.
+1 for that look than the hover menu
@DA_Mark why are you busy with useless things like a new theme instead of real development?
We are still waiting for a migration tool. Any ETA for that?
And yes we know the command line migration available. But for us a proper migration tool will reduce few steps and save our time
@smtalk @DA_Mark
Would really love an updated logon screen
I echo what @ViridWeb says. Command line migration works but its a bit tedious, prefer a gui migration within panel for quicker transfers.
You can customise this already to anything you want
This is what we have in mind but like @LeonDynamic mentioned, you can certainly customize your own.
@ViridWeb : One thing doesn't necessarily take away from the other. A front-end (skin) developer can't do things like code a migration system. Coding is a bit tougher, not just finding people with skill but people you get along with. We have a new full-time coder coming onboard soon so that is really going to help things.
Regarding migrations -- I am assuming you guys mean something slick like being able to remotely pull an account from another server (cPanel or DA) through the GUI and call it a day.
For the current method, can you guys share any stumbling points that we may not be aware of? At the moment, you can simply do a cPanel backup on the other server and then quit. Then, enter the FTP details on the DA server, and DA will pull the cpmove backup and restore it. Maybe not "slick" but it should still do the job. If there is some failure points, I know @smtalk would like to hear more.
@DA_Mark As mentioned previously; any chance of Horde integration?
I guess anything is possible (please post it to feedback.directadmin.com if you haven't already). I don't recall too many people asking for it.. A while back someone was really pushing for RainLoop but IIRC it's not free for commercial use.
This login is perfect
+1
Simplicity is more important than beauty
This new login is really good.
Regarding cpanel backup to DirectAdmin, IMHO it takes too much, first you have to upload the cPanel backup, then it converts it to DirectAdmin and then it restore it. Just with one site it takes the space of three sites, if at least the current script would delete the cPanel backup or the DA backup (or both).
Also, it would be great a rsync transfer from cPanel like cPanel Transfer Tool, so it rsync the home directory and then restores the databases. Interworx has that for example.
Thank you for the idea, pre-release lets you pin the icons menu to the dashboard now.
@smtalk
Much Better! Thank You!
Will you be fixing the resolution as well? the icons are soooo big along with the welcome screen.
Also when I try to switch back to icons I loose the 'traditional Theme' option.