This website still isn’t running 1.5, but I’ve got two others in the works which are, and, to be perfectly honest, neither of them need the Dashboard, because they’re going to be maintained either in part or entirely by people who couldn’t care less what WordPress was, so long as it works. With this in mind, the whole “Dashboard” RSS syndication of every-website-under-the-sun-relevant-to-WordPress thing is probably a bit much, especially seeing as it increases load times whilst offering no apparent benefits… so I’ve hacked together a far simpler page for use in its place, which I feel is far more along the lines of the KISS principle (click image for full view):
The source for DashLite is available as a PHPS file, which is good for viewing the source, but not for saving directly (because it’s got HTML markup in it to make it look pretty, and will simply break things). You can also download just the plain text source, which you should save as “index.php”.
To install, simply overwrite the file wp-admin/index.php in your blog directory — you may want to backup the original index.php first, as I accept no responsibility for any problems that may arise as a result of the installation of this!
Unlike most content on this website, this is released under the GPL (as is WordPress itself), so go crazy with it…
p.s. the version number is just for kicks — I don’t think it’s highly likely that it’ll change in the near future, but just in case I think of other things to add, or bugs do exist (odd though THAT would be, considering the complexity of the page), or WordPress function names, etc. change, the option to increment it is there…
Update: Oh, yeah — if you use it, it’d be nice if you could send a trackback or drop me a line (I would have completely forgotten to say this, but for Steve’s comment). Enjoy!
Another Update: Version 1.1 is now out. It’s more of a usability patch than a bug patch, but all the same, it’s there if anyone wants it.
THANKS! That’s a really neat page! I love it…
FYI, I’ve installed it on my WP 1.5 site with no problems (IIS/MySQL)
Great idea. Personally I think the dash board is a bit stupid, people just want to login and post something.
I ran a test on a wordpress blog. To get the entire feed for the dash board took 16.76 seconds! And it wasn’t a slow connection/server. Although after that it was quick again. Still good idea. Recommended for anyone who uses wordpress.
DashLite
Josh has created a great alternative to WordPress 1.5’s default dashboard. Aptly named ‘DashLite’, it removes the clutter of RSS feeds to sites most bloggers don’t care about and just leaves you with your latest activity and a quick link box to you…
I’m now using DashLite *points to trackback*
I made a minor modification to my one. I replaced ‘Do stuff’ with ‘Blog away’
Tellerrand lite
Wer das aktuelle “Dashboard” (“Tellerrand”) bei WordPress 1.5 nicht leiden kann (so wie ich), der findet hier eine geeignete Alternative.…
Thanks so much for taking the time to make this available, that fix has improved my blog’s speed no end! I installed it in the wrong place at first and nearly crashed the blog but I had backups so no problem fixing it! Its a really neat layout too, and I didn’t need the WordPress stuff in the Dashboard anyhow, I go to the WordPress site if I want to know something about it:). I’m using WordPress 1.5 and once I figured out where it should go it worked just fine.
Just a quick note to say thanks for an excellent, helpful plugin.
a big thx for the script-pluing
exact what i needed
Just a few words to say thank you for DashLite. It works, loads fast and it also looks good. What else one could ask? :)
Outstanding. Thanks for fixing what would have turned out to be a huge problem for some of my users… when I’m done migrating to WP
that is *exactly* what the dashboard should look like — lean and mean
DashLite 1.0 — An alternative “Dashboard” for WordPress 1.5
Joshua Street has written a new dashboard for WordPress 1.5 that he calls “DashLite”.
I and many other bloggers that use WordPress don’t like the dashboard page that comes with the installation as it is bloated with many syndications from various…
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Veel beter dan het standaard dashboard
DashLite 1.0
Niet iedereen is even tevreden over het “dashboard” dat in WordPress 1.5 het openingsscherm is van de admin-interface. Ik heb er zelf ook nogal wat problemen mee.
Gelukkig vond ik vandaag via Jort Dashlite 1.0. Het is een uitgeklede versie van he…
i use it, thanks.
Love the hack. Thanks!
This seems like a good implementation and definitely has it’s uses but for most administrators this could actually be more detrimental in the long run than initially expected. The primary idea behind the Dashboard was to allow all WordPress Administrators to stay informed regarding developments in the community.
Many WP users (or any community for that matter) install and sit. Often times being oblivious to new versions and (most importantly) security updates. This sort of unpatched software can be detrimental not only to your webhost, and your website, but also to the entire web community itself.
For example, when phpBB was exploited with a major security flaw — there was a major deficiency in contacting all administrators regarding the security hole. The problem is twofold. The more you promote the security hole, the easier it becomes for malicious users to exploit unpatched installations. You see where I am going here.
Of course — right now — in the prime heat of your blog you feel that you are checking wordpress.org everyday and you’re probably skimming the forums daily too. There is no way you’ll miss any updates. But as time goes on and you have tweaked, retweaked and redesigned your website five times you’ll realize that its time for your blog to push better content and not just look prettier. And its then when you simply stop keeping up with every nightly or reading the forums daily.
Then again, I could be completely wrong.
Navid makes a good point — as usual :)
But, I think subscribing to the announce list would (at the least) cover the issue of security bulletins.
Alternatively, having the dashboard content on a bookmarked page (or available on your intranet or yahoo start page) as an RSS feed, would accomplish the same goal of staying informed and current.
Speaking personally, I tend to completely ignore the dashboard anyway when I’m in the manage module. I know that’s probably not smart, but it’s nonetheless true. I am focused on manage tasks when I’m in there rather than taking the time to wander through the dashboard content.
Now I’m not saying this is for everyone, but, on my connection there is exactly a 7.8 second difference between dashlite and the original dashboard. Dashlite loads in 0.06 seconds, the original dashboard loaded in 7.86 seconds.…so that’s fairly significant I think.
Thanks for a great hack!! May I suggest making it a plugin? That way there’s the option of installing it for some users and not for others, and it would survive a WP update without being trashed.
Nice one!!
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Great.
Thanks
great idea… smart and useful.. thanks
installed on 1.5.3 and works perfectly
Thanks alot. It make things clean and fast.
Schlanke WordPress Adminseite
Eine abgespeckte Version der „Tellerrand” (Dashboard) Seite
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Dashboard Lite — WordPress 2.2 Plugin
Josh created a custom index.php way back in WordPress 1.5 days that removed the RSS feeds on the WordPress dashboard.
Up until now it wasn’t really possible to this with a plugin nicely. WordPress 2.2 has added an API hook that although not relevant …
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