Change Appearance Of Vendor Panel?

General General Questions
1

Hi there,

It would be great if someone could help me modify the appearance of the vendor panel. For eg: changing the default blue and white color.



But I don't want to customize the default css files and would like to know whether it is possible using 'My Changes' addon in v4?



Any help would be greatly appreciated.

2

You'll find just about everything under /skins/basic/*

If you are intending to make changes to something that otherwise don't have a predefined hook, you'll need to make hard edits.

The my_changes addon isn't a project I use often as I save myself the burden by purchasing 'beyond compare' and integrating files upon upgrade.

3

If it's just CSS changes, therefore don't require explicit hooks to override .tpl files, then yes, you can use the my_changes method.



Create the following path and file:-

/design/backend/css/addons/my_changes/mystyles.css

Within this file, place your custom CSS code, for example, one I like to use on V4 to display the 'hidden' tools which only become visible when you hover a particular area of the admin pages:-


.hidden-tools {
visibility: visible !important;
}


You can place whatever CSS rules you wish in this file which relate only to the admin control panel.



Now, create the following path and file:-

design/backend/templates/addons/my_changes/hooks/index/styles.post.tpl

The styles.post.tpl should contain:-


{style src="addons/my_changes/mystyles.css"}




Clear your store cache, by adding ?cc&ctpl to your admin URL, ie:-

http://yourstore.com/youradminurl.php?cc&ctpl
4

[quote name='JesseLeeStringer' timestamp='1391431615' post='176663']

You'll find just about everything under /skins/basic/

If you are intending to make changes to something that otherwise don't have a predefined hook, you'll need to make hard edits.

The my_changes addon isn't a project I use often as I save myself the burden by purchasing 'beyond compare' and integrating files upon upgrade.

[/quote]



Hi JeseeLee,

Unfortunately, I cannot find anything in /skins/basic/.

I'm using MV 4.0.3

5

[quote name=‘StellarBytes’ timestamp=‘1391433118’ post=‘176666’]

If it’s just CSS changes, therefore don’t require explicit hooks to override .tpl files, then yes, you can use the my_changes method.



Create the following path and file:-

/design/backend/css/addons/my_changes/mystyles.css
```<br />
Within this file, place your custom CSS code, for example, one I like to use on V4 to display the 'hidden' tools which only become visible when you hover a particular area of the admin pages:-<br />
```php
<br />
.hidden-tools {<br />
visibility: visible !important;<br />
}<br />

```<br />
You can place whatever CSS rules you wish in this file which relate only to the admin control panel.<br />
<br />
Now, create the following path and file:-<br />
```php
design/backend/templates/addons/my_changes/hooks/index/styles.post.tpl
```<br />
The styles.post.tpl should contain:-<br />
```php
<br />
{style src="addons/my_changes/mystyles.css"}<br />

```<br />
<br />
Clear your store cache, by adding ?cc&ctpl to your admin URL, ie:-<br />
```php
http://yourstore.com/youradminurl.php?cc&ctpl
```<br />
[/quote]<br />
<br />
Hi StellarBytes,<br />
<br />
Thanks a lot for helping out. I'll execute the changes and get back to you.  <br />
<br />
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EDIT: The method suggested by StellarBytes worked perfectly. <img src="upload://iKNGSw3qcRIEmXySa8gItY6Gczg.gif" class="bbc_emoticon" alt=":grin:">  <br />
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<br />
Regards,<br />
NaMo