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title: Bending the ExpressionEngine Control Panel
date: 2013-05-19T05:56:00+01:00
author: John Henry Donovan
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# Bending The ExpressionEngine Control Panel

Posted on 19th May, 2013

Often we have an opportunity to spend more time customising the client’s ExpressionEngine control panel experience. At EEUK13 I walked through examples on how to make the largely underused ExpressionEngine Dashboard a useful stop for your clients.

Note this article was posted 13 years ago so techniques may not work anymore.

I talked about using available add-ons and creating custom widgets for others. I also went through case studies on various other customisations created specifically for clients in the control panel.

Presented at [EEUK2013](https://johnhenry.ie/blog/2013/02/eeuk-2013) 17th of May, 2013

## Resources Mentioned

[Never say WordPress when selling a web project](http://speckyboy.com/2013/04/18/never-say-wordpress-when-selling-a-web-design-project/)

### ExpressionEngine Themes

- [Republic CP Theme](http://dvt.ee/repthme "Republic CP Theme")
- [Sassy-CP Theme](http://dvt.ee/adIcOnr "Sassy-CP Theme")
- [Nerdery Theme](http://dvt.ee/nerdcp "Nerdery Theme")
- [NSM Override CSS](http://dvt.ee/adKp6CG "NSM Override CSS")
- [Minimalist](http://dvt.ee/ad1hC3G "Minimalist")
- [Responsive CP](http://dvt.ee/adFoOtJ "Responsive CP")

### ExpressionEngine Add-ons

- [CP Analytics](http://dvt.ee/adrLHya "CP Analytics")
- [Republic Analytics](http://dvt.ee/adzhL3O "Republic Analytics")
- [Zoo Flexible Admin](http://dvt.ee/flxadmn "Zoo Flexible Admin")
- [Structure](http://dvt.ee/ad07TrP "Structure")
- [Republic Structure Tweaks](http://dvt.ee/structtwk "Republic Structure Tweaks")
- [Zenbu](http://dvt.ee/zenbu "Zenbu")
- [Superfish EE Control Panel](http://dvt.ee/sprfsh "Superfish EE Control Panel")
- [DashEE](http://dvt.ee/adp1DuG "DashEE")
- [Custom Entries DashEE Widget](https://github.com/john-henry/dashEE-Custom-Entries-Widget "Custom Entries DashEE Widget")

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