More intro text needed for main Admin sections

Created on 15 October 2014, over 10 years ago
Updated 13 May 2025, 4 days ago

The main Administration sections (Content, Structure, Appearance, Extend, Configuration, People, and Reports page), could do with better introductory text. The better the information, the less support requests we will get.

/admin

Has no introductory text. It could just say that Admin is split into 7 main section (plus Help), that are also available by clicking each item in the Admin menu bar.

Structure: /admin/structure

Has no introductory text. It should explain that Drupal is structured into several different areas.

Appearance: admin/appearance

Should mention that:

  • Once an alternative theme has been found that is compatible with this version of Drupal, it can be uploaded and installed by clicking the Update tab.
  • Can the link to "Alternative themes", link only to Drupal 8 themes?

Extend: admin/modules

  • Can the link to "contributed modules" link only to Drupal 8 modules, and can we state this?
  • Can we also mention that once a Drupal 8 compatible module has been found, it can be uploaded and installed by clicking the Update tab.
  • A module without a checkbox tick, is not enabled.
  • Once a module has been uploaded, it can be enabled by clicking the checkbox (and the pressing the Save button)
  • A module can be disabled by unchecking the checkbox
  • Can the Enable checkbox be labelled?
  • After disabling a module, its data can be removed via the Uninstall tab, BEFORE removing the module from the server.

Configuration: admin/config

Needs a brief introduction.

People: admin/people

Needs a brief introduction.

  • People that are registered with Drupal are called users
  • Registering people with Drupal, gives you the option of granting them permissions to view certain pages, or carry out certain task.
  • A group of people can be assigned to a role that have various permissions in common. For example, you could create roles called "readers" and "editors", the former having permission to read certain pages, the latter to edit them too.

Reports: /admin/reports

Needs a brief introduction.

Feature request
Status

Active

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

system.module

Created by

🇬🇧United Kingdom iantresman

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