Interface Overview - Mastering phpMyAdmin 2.8 for Effective MySQL Management - page 34

Home Page
The right panel can take the form of the Home page, which contains various links
related to MySQL operations or phpMyAdmin information, a Language selector,
and possibly the themes selector.

Views
In the right panel, we can choose the Database view, where we can take various
actions about a specific database, or the Table view, where we can access many
functions to manage a table. A system administrator can access the Server view as
well. All these views have a top menu, which takes the form of tabs that lead to
different sub-pages used to present information regrouped by common functions
(table structure, privileges, and so on).

Query Window
This is a distinct window that can be opened from the left or the right panel. Its main
purpose is to facilitate work on queries and display the results on the right panel.

Starting Page
When we start phpMyAdmin, we will see the following (depending on the
authentication type specified in config.inc.php and on whether it has more than
one server defined in it):

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One of the login panels
The left and right panels with the home page displayed in the right panel