Change “Site Admin” to something else on sidebar?

For your first question, edit the template. It should be a file called sidebar.php or something.

Hi,

I tried that, but I cannot find the text “Site Admin” anywhere in the sidebar.php file…

Thanks,

Keith

Nope, it’s in the template-functions-general.php around line 50 (the Site Admin).

Thanks! That did the trick for the “Site Admin” issue… ??

Any way to change the “Dashboard” text to the left of the “Latest Activity” box?

Thanks again,

Keith

If you mean in the admin area, that would be in wp-admin/index.php around line 106 ;). If you want to use HTML in it, replace:

<h2><?php _e(‘Dashboard’); ?></h2>

With:

<h2><your HTML stuff></h2>

Enjoy!

-Jonathan

Thanks!

why not post this as suggestion of improvement? I also think that “Dashboard” isn’t very appropriate. As well as “Site Admin”.

I have a blog where people have to register in order to be able to put comments. Why should they click on “Site Admin” in order to check their profile? It would be more appropriate that if you are logged in as administrator, you see the string as “Site Admin2, but if you are logged in as normal registered user you see a more intuitive link called “Control panel” or “Members Area” or “Your profile”.

what do you think?

or even ‘username’

my lord, why does everyone have to see ‘site admin’
why can’t it display the persons username instead, that is like SOO dumb!!

I tried <?=$profiledata->user_login;?>

but that didn’t seem to work. apparently $profiledata isn’t global.

“that is like SOO dumb!!”

Ask for a change, or suggest a plugin, or offer to pay for the code change. But don’t call it dumb.

it is dumb. “site admin” means the site owner, not registered users.
I don’t know who would even want it that way. I’m suprised new users haven’t complained about that one. I wouldn’t care if there was another way to display the username to the blog, but there isn’t.. THAT is dumb.

anythings more appropriate then “site administrator’ I mean common.

Good grief … you get free code, free help, free plugins and you complain about one tiny aspect ?

“anythings more appropriate then “site administrator’ I mean common.”
The funny thing is you can’t spell. You have just made yourself look like a fool.
And podz is right, don’t complain about something small when you get so many other things. Perhaps you can make a suggestion on the Codex (https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Version_1.6) for the next version. For goodness sake, learn manners.

I can change the header text (doesn’t say “Meta”, now says “Site Admin”.

How do I change the text for the actual link to login? So it says “login” instead of “site admin.” i tried putting in between the (”) in the php code, but then it said “login site admin” and changed the text.

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thanks in advance.

mizmamamhaze: It sounds like YOU are talking about a template file called sidebar.php. This discussion is about changing the wording in the Administration Panels not on the site itself. Just for clarity.

If you are talking about the sidebar, see https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Customizing_Your_Sidebar

If you are talking about changing the Administration Panels, follow the instructions listed above but know this:

1) You are messing with the core programming files of WordPress. Slip of the finger and they are toast and we will see you back here needing more help to get your Admin running again.

2) The next time you upgrade WordPress, all changes will be replaced and you will have to go back in and make these changes again.

3) It is SERIOUSLY recommended/advised/wished that people do not change the core programming files in WordPress. There are plugins and Admin Themes which can do the job for you without changing the core programming files, though in this case, there might not be a specific plugin that would help, but you can learn about plugins and write one that will make the change.

The terms “meta” and “login” are found in your sidebar, so that’s my assumption.

The “Site Admin” link for non-admin users should be relabelled because it implies that they somehow received escalated privileges. I suggest that the link be removed for non-admin users because:

(1) There is a profile/preferences link at the top of the page

(2) Each post, or at least the bottom of the page, should have a “Post Reply” type link for a user to submit content, consistent with most blogs.

A user shouldn’t have to hunt around the page to find a link to post replies, and I doubt anyone would have guessed “Site Admin” was the place to find content post options.