Chapter 6: Creating a Dashboard
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#globalnav li a {
float: left;
padding: 10px 12px;
text-decoration: none;
color: #999;
border: none;
}#globalnav li form{
padding:3px 0px;
}Creating a Basic admin_home View
Now that the basic admin template is built along with the supporting header and footer subviews and
the CSS, it ’ s time to create a basic view that will allow the administrative user to quickly access all the
tools available to them.At first, this may seem a bit silly because links in the global nav seem to be doing the same thing. This is
really an opportunity to provide some context on those links. For your purposes, a bullet list with bold
links and a bit of explanation will do just fine. Again, you ’ ll make good use of the anchor() function.< ul >
< li > < b > < ?php echo anchor(“admin/categories/”,”Manage Categories”);? >. < /b >
< br/ >
Create, edit, delete and manage product categories on your online store.
< /li >
< br/ >
< li > < b > < ?php echo anchor(“admin/products/”,”Manage Products”);? >. < /b >
< br/ >
Create, edit, delete and manage products on your online store.
< /li >
< br/ >< li > < b > < ?php echo anchor(“admin/admins/”,”Manage Users”);? >. < /b >
< br/ >
Create, edit, delete and manage users who can access this dashboard.
< /li >
< br/ >< li > < b > < ?php echo anchor(“admin/dashboard/logout/”,”Logout”);? >. < /b >
< br/ >
Exit this dashboard when you’re done.
< /li >
< br/ >
< /ul >