Recipe 45: Administration menu

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Ingredients

Administration menu module:

http://drupal.org/project/admin_menu

The Administration menu is a fantastic module, easing the administration of any Drupal web site. It's an install-and-go module, but there are a few features worth knowing about.

1. Install and enable the Administration menu module.

   

2. A new drop-down menu appears at the top of the page. Mouseover and click on the various options to become familiar with it.

3. If you find the menu font size to be a bit small for comfortable reading, open the admin_menu.css file in the sites/all/modules directory. Edit the font-size in the first line.

   

4. The Administration menu has more detailed help than most contributed modules. Access it at admin/help/admin_menu.

5. Note the special options available upon clicking the Druplicon (the Drupal logo). If you have the display drupal links permission enabled for your role, links appear for each enabled module to the drupal.org issue queue.

   

6. You should also note that if the Devel...