Go directly to site admin and skip the dashboard

This might be a small thing for most people, but I find it somewhat irritating to end up at the dashboard each time I want to go to the Site Administration. I click the Control Panel button, and the Dashboard appears, and I always click on Administration right away to go to the Site Administration.

Dashboard

Site Administration

Can I change this behavior? Of course you can, it's Community Server! Smile

All you have to do is open up your SiteUrls.config and find the following section:


	
		<!--
	
	
		// ControlPanel paths
	
	
		//
	
	
		-->
	
	
		<url name="controlpanel" location = "controlpanel" path="default.aspx" />

Change the path="default.aspx" to path="setup.aspx". Then save and close the file, and 'touch' your web.config. Next time you click on the Control Panel button, it will take you directly to the Site Administration.

I never really did like the Dashboard, since I believe the Site Admin gives a better overview than what the Dashboard does.