Administer

Admin page is overwhelming

criticality: 
Minor
Drupal7: 
Open

The /admin page is confusing and overwhelming. People cannot distinguish between the categories and there are many options for users to choose from.

Confused about difference between site building and content management

criticality: 
Moderate
Drupal7: 
Open
This happened to: 

Title says it all. Participant had difficulty discerning the difference between site building and content management

Theme configuration is expected under Site config

criticality: 
Minor
Drupal7: 
Open
Task: 
This happened to: 

When looking to change the look of the site, configuring the theme seemed like it would be under Site configuration and Site building was unexpected.

Admin/content doesn't have a link to node/add

criticality: 
Critical
Drupal7: 
Fixed
This happened to: 

The user went to admin/content expecting to be able to post content from there, then found their way back to create content eventually. Some cross-linking would help here.

Solution: 
Already discussion about a task-based admin panel/dashboard accessible to more types of users.
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