AbleCommerce Shopping Cart Software

Is there a suggested way to customize the admin pages? This is my situation:

When adding/editing a product many of the fields are not need for my use. MSRP, Manufacturer, Variable price, part no, prohibited, gift certificate, the entire taxes & shipping section as well as the entire inventory control section (which I have turned off in store settings).

I would like to remove/hide these items, along with some others that I have yet to think of or be told to think of, so that the product admins do not have to mess with them at all. Barebone simple display so to speak.

I understand how to modify the page itself and get everything to work right, but is there a way I can do this without causing problems during upgrades? Anyway to point certain admin pages to a '/Custom/EditProduct.aspx' page or the like.

Thank youl.

Well admin pages are just standard ASP.NET pages. There are no special instructions on how to customize them. Just make changes whatever suits you. As far as upgrades are concerned you will have to keep track of your customized pages so that you don't overwrite them. You may use some kind of file comparison and merging utility to get the updates in new files merged to your customized files if needed.