Some eye-candy/layout for the edit entries list.

include/admin/tpl/entries.inc.tpl

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
         <ul id="entries_list" class="plainList">
         {foreach $entries as $entry}
             {if ($entry@index > $perPage)}{continue}{/if}
-            <li class="clearfix"><div class="form_check">
+            <li class="clearfix {cycle values="odd,even"}"><div class="form_check">
                     <input id="multidelete_entry{$entry.id}" name="serendipity[multiDelete][]" type="checkbox" value="{$entry.id}"><label for="multidelete_entry{$entry.id}" class="visuallyhidden">Select #{$entry_id} for multidelete</label> {* i18n *}
                 </div>
 
@@ -127,19 +127,8 @@
                 {if $entry.isdraft}
                     <span class="status_draft">{$CONST.DRAFT}</span>
                 {/if}
-                    <span class="status_timestamp">
-                        {$entry.timestamp|@formatTime:"{$CONST.DATE_FORMAT_SHORT}"}{if $entry.timestamp <= ($entry.last_modified - 1800)} <a class="icon_link" href="#" title="{$CONST.LAST_UPDATED}: {$entry.last_modified|@formatTime:"{$CONST.DATE_FORMAT_SHORT}"}" onclick="alert(this.title)"><span class="icon-info-circle"></span><span class="visuallyhidden"> {$CONST.LAST_UPDATED}</span></a>{/if}
-                    </span>
                 </div>
 
-                <span class="entry_meta">{$CONST.POSTED_BY} {$entry.author|escape}
-                {if count($entry.cats)} {$CONST.IN}
-                  {foreach $entry.cats AS $cat}
-                    {$cat}{if (count($entry.cats) > 1) && !$cat@last}, {/if}
-                  {/foreach}
-                {/if}
-                </span>
-
                 <ul class="plainList clearfix actions">
                 {if $entry.preview || (!$showFutureEntries && ($entry.timestamp >= $serverOffsetHour))}
                     <li><a class="button_link" href="{$entry.preview_link}" title="{$CONST.PREVIEW} #{$entry.id}"><span class="icon-eye"></span><span class="visuallyhidden"> {$CONST.PREVIEW}</span></a></li>
@@ -149,6 +138,20 @@
                     <li><a class="button_link" href="?serendipity[action]=admin&amp;serendipity[adminModule]=entries&amp;serendipity[adminAction]=edit&amp;serendipity[id]={$entry.id}" title="{$CONST.EDIT} #{$entry.id}"><span class="icon-edit"></span><span class="visuallyhidden"> {$CONST.EDIT}</span></a></li>
                     <li><a class="button_link" href="?serendipity[action]=admin&amp;serendipity[adminModule]=entries&amp;serendipity[adminAction]=delete&amp;serendipity[id]={$entry.id}&amp;{$urltoken}" title="{$CONST.DELETE} #{$entry.id}" title="{$CONST.DELETE}"><span class="icon-trash"></span><span class="visuallyhidden"> {$CONST.DELETE}</span></a></li>
                 </ul>
+
+                <div class="entry_info">
+                    <span class="status_timestamp">
+                        {$entry.timestamp|@formatTime:"{$CONST.DATE_FORMAT_SHORT}"}{if $entry.timestamp <= ($entry.last_modified - 1800)} <a class="icon_link" href="#" title="{$CONST.LAST_UPDATED}: {$entry.last_modified|@formatTime:"{$CONST.DATE_FORMAT_SHORT}"}" onclick="alert(this.title)"><span class="icon-info-circle"></span><span class="visuallyhidden"> {$CONST.LAST_UPDATED}</span></a>{/if}
+                    </span>
+
+                    <span class="entry_meta">{$CONST.POSTED_BY} {$entry.author|escape}
+                    {if count($entry.cats)} {$CONST.IN}
+                      {foreach $entry.cats AS $cat}
+                        {$cat}{if (count($entry.cats) > 1) && !$cat@last}, {/if}
+                      {/foreach}
+                    {/if}
+                    </span>
+                </div>
             </li>
         {/foreach}
         </ul>

templates/2k11/admin/style.css

@@ -416,7 +416,9 @@ form > a,
 #media_pane_filter label,
 #media_pane_sort label,
 #image_directory_create_form label,
-#mediaPropertyForm .media_file_props label {
+#mediaPropertyForm .media_file_props label,
+#entries_list .entry_info span,
+.entry_status span {
     display: inline-block;
     *display: inline;
     *zoom: 1;
@@ -721,7 +723,8 @@ input[type=checkbox] { margin-right: .4em; }
 .template_info dt,
 .comment_summary,
 .comment_full,
-.serendipity_commentDirection { clear: both; }
+.serendipity_commentDirection,
+.entry_info { clear: both; }
 
 
 /* COMMON STYLES (all resolutions)
@@ -882,8 +885,7 @@ summary { cursor: pointer; }
 }
 
 #entries_list h3,
-#entries_list .entry_status,
+#entries_list .entry_status {
-#entries_list .entry_meta {
     float : left;
     margin: .75em 1em .75em 0;
 }
@@ -1003,7 +1005,7 @@ fieldset p,
 .media_file .actions,
 #entries_list .actions { margin-bottom: 0; }
 
-#entries_list .actions { margin-top: .5em; }
+#entries_list .actions { margin-top: .75em; }
 
 .media_file .actions { margin-top: 1em; }
 
@@ -1053,11 +1055,34 @@ fieldset p,
     width: 100px;
 }
 
+#entries_list { border-top: 1px solid #aaa; }
+
 #entries_list h3 {
     font-size: 1em;
     line-height: 1.5;
 }
 
+#entries_list>li {
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;
+    padding: 0 .4em;
+}
+
+#entries_list .odd { background: #eee; }
+
+#entries_list .entry_info span { margin: 0 1em .75em 0; }
+
+#entries_list .icon_link { height: 24px; }
+
+.entry_status span {
+    background: #888;
+    color: #fff;
+    padding: 0 10px;
+    -webkit-border-radius: 15px;
+    -moz-border-radius: 15px;
+    -ms-border-radius: 15px;
+    -o-border-radius: 15px;
+    border-radius: 15px;
+}
 
 /* FOOTER
    ----------------------------------------------------------------- */