# Customize the admin UI **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [July 26, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-the-admin-ui/110493 "2007-07-26T21:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sylvain\_gibier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@sylvain\_gibier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sylvain_gibier)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-the-admin-ui/110493/1 "2007-07-26T21:02:36Z")
Hi, May be already answered in some posts. Radiant Gem - 0.6.1 Ok - i have 5 different sites using Radiant - with their own database. Now two customers want to have their own header/stylesheet on the admin UI - what’s the best way to customize the admin pages - per radiant projects ? Hope it’s clear enough. Sylvain ---
**Author:** ![sylvain\_gibier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@sylvain\_gibier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sylvain_gibier)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-the-admin-ui/110493/2 "2007-07-26T21:10:18Z")
I have an extension that I’ve developed for doing just this. I am waiting to get clearance from my employer to release it under an MIT license. Let me see if I can push them on this. -James ---
**Author:** ![sylvain\_gibier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@sylvain\_gibier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sylvain_gibier)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-the-admin-ui/110493/3 "2007-07-26T21:21:19Z")
You could also directly edit the CSS in the public/stylesheets directory to fit your needs. If you want to change the actual elements in the page, you might have to override parts of the templates. Sean ---
**Author:** ![sylvain\_gibier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@sylvain\_gibier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sylvain_gibier)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-the-admin-ui/110493/4 "2007-07-26T21:36:20Z")
Without good backups (which we all have, right?) an upgrade of Radiant could clobber some installations when you do rake radiant:update:\*. I think the extension is a little more resilient since it pushes the customizations out of the way of these scripts and makes them recoverable after an update. But editing the CSS and such directly is certainly a simple approach. -James ---
**Author:** ![sylvain\_gibier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@sylvain\_gibier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sylvain_gibier)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-the-admin-ui/110493/5 "2007-07-26T21:38:20Z")
While we’re discussing the admin UI, a friend of mine pointed out an issue (which is now annoying me as well as I upload a hole bunch of pages by hand). Why is it that if I am three deep in the admin tree (really anything in any folder), that when I hit save, it closes all folders again and brings me back to the root level in the admin area. It would be much nicer, if it would leave the tree open to the location I was editing last. Usually when using the software, I am located at location x in the tree, uploading a bunch of pages to that area. I hate having to click open all of the folders again every time I need to create a new page. -Mark ---
**Author:** ![sylvain\_gibier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@sylvain\_gibier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sylvain_gibier)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-the-admin-ui/110493/6 "2007-07-26T21:45:21Z")
Freeze your installs. ---
**Author:** ![sylvain\_gibier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@sylvain\_gibier](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sylvain_gibier)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-the-admin-ui/110493/7 "2007-07-26T21:41:30Z")
Sean C. wrote: > You could also directly edit the CSS in the public/stylesheets directory > to fit your needs. If you want to change the actual elements in the > page, you might have to override parts of the templates. > > Sean Override - ok. how? As all the pages are shared with the different radiant projects (sites) in the gem db. cheers