Help:Admin Dashboard

Admin Dashboard
The Admin Dashboard is a feature on all new wikis. All English wikis will have access to the Admin Dashboard after the first week of August 2011, until then all new English wikis have the feature enabled. It will be found in the universal toolbar under 'Admin'. It was developed to create a contained, centralized space that highlights the most important tools and give admins a better understanding of how best to build their wiki.

Access
The admin dashboard can be found in a new link called "admin" in the universal Toolbar -- this takes admins/founders to the Admin Dashboard.
 * The "Admin" link only exists if you are on a wiki that you admin.
 * Exit link takes you to main page of your wiki.
 * The wordmark takes you to the main page of your wiki
 * The help link takes you to Founder & Admin Central.

How It Works

 * Basic admin tools live on the "general" tab, under 3 sections:
 * Wiki: Theme Designer, Recent Changes, Top Navigation, Wikia Labs, Main Page Layout.
 * Community: User List, User Rights, Community Corner.
 * Content: All Categories, Add a Page, Add a Photo, Add a Blog Post, Multiple Photo Upload.
 * The above tools on the "general" tab will no longer live in Special:SpecialPages, as not to be redundant.
 * The rest of Special:SpecialPages lives on the "advanced" tab.
 * If you go to a wiki that you are not an admin of you will see Special:SpecialPages in its old format.
 * Admin specific tools on Special:SpecialPages will no longer be bold.
 * Once a tool is opened in the "advanced" tab there is a drawer (see small arrow at middle of the page) on the right hand side to expand the page to open up the page.
 * Once opened the drawer will stay open on every special page until you close it/session ends.
 * There are specific Special:SpecialPages that will not open within the admin dashboard skin.

Feedback
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