Welcome to the WHM User Interface discussion group.

Finally! Great decision and All the best. :D

I would be sharing what I feel to be changed/revamped and I hope follow members will do the same. Thank you Tom for taking the initiative. The first thing which comes to mind is, it should have a look and feel of cPanel X4 as both will be used side-by-side.

 

Hi,

I'd like to see the all WHM statistical information displayed in 24 hour time not 12 hour time. For example, when clicking on the Email Tab in WHM, to see the stats for Mail Delivery Reports, Mail Stats, View Sent Summary, View Relayers, etc, the time for all the above displayed is in 12 hour mode. I'd like to see these things set in 24 hour mode.

The only things that are in 24 hour time mode are the current time/date and the mail statistics for the amount of emails sent/received on the server at the time!

Thanks

 

Hello, Tom,

I have posted this thread some time ago: http://forums.cpanel.net/f5/naming-mistake-344562.html

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Another thing that i don't like:

If you have saved login username/password for WHM (in browser), they will be filled in the Basic cPanel & WHM Setup on The AIM username and AIM password.

So if you click Save Changes without looking your root or another username login info will be saved as AIM login too. I haven't studied if that could be security issue ,but it certainly does not look right.

Thanks

 

My vote is for some sort of system allowing us to make our own themes and let the theme devs on the web take care of this for you.

Problem atm is all the changes you guys have made have really removed any real options for making a WHM theme. All you can really do is change images and css but you can't change the fundamental layout of WHM itself.

We planned (and still do) on making a WHM theme that doesn't need the left hand command menu, but under the current setup that window is literally required, WHM crashes and burns without it (the interface, not the backend).

So making it a little easier to work with and configurable would pretty much take care of the issue as all the theme makers out there would be free to put their own spin on things and you can bet they'll come up with something much better.

Actually they already did, that's how you guys got the current WHM theme hehe. Yes, I'm old enough enough to remember the guy who made the theme before you bought it lol. I still shudder at the old mostly text only themes.

Need to go back to that format and give theme devs options. Changing the style sheet might spruce up the colors but as far as functionality goes it's too limiting. We'd love to make a theme that doesn't have or need a side menu and instead has an organized top loading menu, thus leaving the entire width of the screen for displaying data (like list accounts) and what not.

Eventually we'll do it anyways, but we don't have time to figure out your new theme methods yet (well we've half figured it out but no time to put that much work into just a theme).

 

I just noticed this thread. My opinion is that cpanel should include a basic WHM theme only. The current one is fine. It's ugly but functional.

Then cpanel needs to completely separate back-end functionality from display/design side. So this way, the thousands of web application user interface designers can tackle the "problem" of making a great WHM theme that works.

In the end, you'll eventually end up with a few common WHM themes that are sold and managed by 3rd party vendors. If someone wants to save $ they can just use the default theme included with WHM.

But as it stands, like rachelm mentioned... the current system of skinning is ridiculous. It is simply not practical.

Once cpanel completely separates design/look/feel side from the back-end business side.. then let the design professionals take over and they'll produce some nice themes. Perhaps you (cpanel) can offer a competition with a nice prize or something as a reward. (The prize being the recommended theme with direct links to the theme company's website from cpanel.net.)

Make sense?

TL/DR; Cpanel, please stick to what you are good at. You're good at back-end stuff. You're not good at front-end design stuff. So, modify the WHM template/theme system and make a total separation between business and presentation logic, and then allow professional UI designers to create and sell their own themes.

My 2 cents.