phw_sandSpace, a theme for the Textpattern CMS back-end
“Sand space” is a theme for the administrative backend of Textpattern CMS 4.3.0. Delicate shades of grey and touches of pale yellow are used to make the controls as un-intrusive as possible and let the user concentrate to the main task of creating stellar content
Screenshot:

Write pane with the Sand space theme
This theme is compatible with Internet Explorer 7 and newer, Opera 10.5+, Gecko 1.9+ based browsers (Camino 2.0+, Firefox 3.0+), WebKit-based browsers (Safari 4.0+, Chrome 5.0+). It works fine with Mobile Safari (iOS 3.2) and WebKit for Android. It will not always look the same, though: progressive enhancement at work with some touches of complex CSS3 selectors, box-shadow, border-radius, …
Usage
Unzip and upload to your textpattern/theme folder. Login and select the theme from the Preference pane > Advanced preferences. You need to reload or switch between panes to see the changes. Alternatively, this theme is fully compatible with Stef Dawson’s smd_admin_themes plugin.
- download current version: 3.0
- this tema is also featured on Textgarden.
- discuss in the Textpattern forums
changelog
- v.1.01 – 20091008. Improved selectors for better performance; fixed some tiny bugs here and there in various browsers. Better image optimisation. Trying to work around an odd WebKit bug in the menus.
- v.2.0b – 201002. Private beta, never released.
- v.3.0 rc – 200101017. Rewriten for Textpattern 4.3.0 release candidate.
- v.3.0 – 20101106. Release for Textpatern 4.3.0.