building an efficient admin control panel

[eluser]A.M.F[/eluser]
walesmd - thx for the tips. i'll try to make something like what u wrote but here are some questions:
1. admin_pages controller is actually executes all the actions?
2. "Create a controller admin that extends Admin_Controller - this handles very generic administrative functions" - generic functions? what do u mean?

thank u.

sandwormusmc - it sounds interesting. can u add some more detailes about the way u work?