[wp-hackers] 2.7 Wireframes

[Stephen Rider]

On Oct 7, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Ryan Boren wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 4:57 AM, Andy Staines  
> <andy at yellowswordfish.com> wrote:
>> (1) Many plugins that need to define a larger number of admin  
>> screens also
>> define their own top level menu.
>
> I'm thinking plugins should be able to insert a menu after the other
> object menus (Posts, Pages, Comments, etc.) and at the end right
> before Help.

I may be confused about the cosmetic changes coming up, but I can see  
situation wherein putting it after Dashboard/before Posts would be  
useful too.

>> (2) I am looking forward to seeing these new 'icons' on the top  
>> level menus.
>> Is there going to be an API to allow plugins to define their own?
>
> Good question.  I haven't thought about it yet. Ideas on API?

Couldn't it just be another parameter?  Pass the URL of the image file?

Stephen