Magento

Frontend templates are simple to change via Admin, from default/default to default/mytheme. The Admin templates take a little more work, but it’s easy to do. This method was tested under Magento 1.3.2.3.

These steps apply within a Magento module. There are many tutorials on creating a basic module, so we will not repeat it here. All you need are the basic module directories, the module’s xml file under /app/etc/modules, and a skeleton config.xml for your module.

Create a directory for your theme /app/design/adminhtml/default/mytheme and copy any templates, layouts, and locale you need. This works the same way as the frontend themes.

In your config.xml file, under the <config> section, add this: