Admin Status

Synopsis

The Admin Status module allows certain messages to be shown on the top of the page to users with the right permission. For example, the settings can be configured to show a message on the top of the page if the database needs to be updated (e.g. drush updb).

Here is an example of Admin Status showing all errors and warnings from the core status report page:

Requirements

None.

Recommended modules

• Timed Messages: When enabled and configured, the messages will minimize after a certain time so they do not take up so much space at the top of the page. This screenshot shows what the minimized messages look like:

  

Roadmap

We are currently working on the Drupal 8 version. The Drupal 7 version will happen after a basic D8 version is at least in beta.

We are creating a list of plugins for this module here:

#2683051: META: Create list of possible Admin Status plugins

Known problems

N/A

Pledges

This module will be created in Drupal 8 and backported to Drupal 7.

Credits

• Darryl Richman (darrylri) - initial development
• Kristen Pol - initial concept and code review

Gittip/Flattr/Paypal

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Help wanted!

Any help testing is appreciated. We are also interested in other types of messages you would like to be able to see.

Similar projects and how they are different

We have not found a similar module for this. If you know of one, let us know.

Dependencies

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Restrictions

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