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by installing "altsys" 3.2 you can change your admin menu easily in altsys --> preferences without any hack to core files. it just affect cache/adminmenu.php so if your admin menu break you can back to the original by remove that file.
there are 3 options for admin page:
1- two columns of module icons
2- IMG to text
3- Like
XOOPS Cube legacy
see the news in Gijoe website:
Adminmenu hack without core hacks