Recently I had to create an Admin Panel Menu and this is what I came up with.

Below is the code and Fiddle
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This menu has a responsive design and will change and resize when the screen decreases in size.
LESS / SCSS
.admin-panel {
overflow: hidden;
li {
float: left;
width: 33%;
height: 115px;
line-height: 1.4;
text-align: center;
background-color: #f9f9f9;
border: 1px solid #fff;
}
li:hover,
li:hover a {
color: #fff;
background-color: #2A7B9B;
}
.glyphicon {
margin-top: 5px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
font-size: 24px;
}
.admin-panel-class {
display: block;
text-align: center;
-ms-word-wrap: break-word;
word-wrap: break-word;
}
li a {
color: #333333;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
display: block;
padding-top: 10px;
}
li a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
}
}
.admin-panel-list {
padding-left: 0;
list-style: none;
margin: auto;
}
@media (min-width:768px) {
.admin-panel {
li {
width: 25%;
font-size: 12px;
}
}
}
@media (max-width:430px) {
.admin-panel {
li {
float: none;
width: 100%;
font-size: 12px;
}
}
}
HTML
<div class="admin-panel">
<ul class="admin-panel-list">
<li>
<a href="#">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-list-alt"></span>
<span class="admin-panel-class">My Workshops</span>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-star"></span>
<span class="admin-panel-class">Create Workshop</span>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil"></span>
<span class="admin-panel-class">Edit Workshop</span>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-asterisk"></span>
<span class="admin-panel-class">Resource Allocation</span>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok"></span>
<span class="admin-panel-class">Reservation Approval</span>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-stats"></span>
<span class="admin-panel-class">Global Reports</span>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-phone"></span>
<span class="admin-panel-class">Sing-In Tablets</span>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-th-list"></span>
<span class="admin-panel-class">Menu Editor</span>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-user"></span>
<span class="admin-panel-class">Edit Users</span>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
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