I’ve been getting into the vast wonders of Wordpress, and it’s amazing at what you can find! This post is just one of many to come about customizing your Wordpress blog.

Josh Byers has created a Wordpress plugin that allows you to brand your Wordpress installation by customizing the login screen, as well as the header and footer of the Wordpress dashboard.

All I can say is that this plugin is fantastic! It allows you to customize the look of Wordpress, as well as make it look more professional. It comes with PSD files so you can edit the logo for everything, it’s totally customizable. As long as you have some basic HTML/CSS knowledge, you can use this plugin to its full extent.

However, there are some issues when using this plugin with admin interface plugins that modify the look of the dashboard (that’s another blog post for another time :D):

As you can see, it appears that the plugin modifies the header only for the original Wordpress dashboard, and I’m currently using a plugin that changes the dashboard entirely so the plugin has a little issue with it.

I will be delving into the code soon and I will see if I can fix that issue, and that will be part two of this article.

But if you’re not customizing the dashboard look that radically, then go ahead and download the plugin at http://pressingpixels.com/wordpress-custom-admin-branding/.

Part two of this article: http://dimonay.com/500/wordpress-custom-admin-branding-login-only/

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