How to go about modifying the Wordpress “Pages Add New Screen”

Question

I have been thinking about developing my own theme framework for worpdress. I\'d like to use jquery ui to build a bootstrap 3.0 drag and drop interface, which I already have

Answer 1

Instead of messing with the core files of wordpress (which would be a really bad idea) I would suggest making a custom field/sidebar or a menu page to use the drag/drop function to make a page or post.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_menu_page

If you want some examples on how others have done something similar (as a plugin) you could look at the code from others and see if you can use similar techniques to add additional fields within the screen options.

http://simple-fields.com/

http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/