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oomla is very flexible and has many possibilities. A disadvantage is that working with Joomla can look complex because there are so many choices of settings and navigation to make. For a Joomla specialist that is often not a problem, but for many end users of a Joomla website it can be a stumbling block. However, with a little effort you can make a website more user-friendly for the end user. In this presentation Sander will share 10 tips, from easy to more complex ones, to improve the usability of your Joomla website. And as a bonus a practical example that you can use in your own projects.
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10 tips to improve Joomla’s usability
Sander Potjer @sanderpotjer www.sanderpotjer.com
JoomlaDay United Kingdom - October 4, 2014
Sander Potjer
- Enjoy contributing to Joomla - Company: Perfect Web Team - Extension: ACL Manager - [email protected]
Sander Potjer
- Enjoy contributing to Joomla - Company: Perfect Web Team - Extension: ACL Manager - [email protected] - Slides: sanderpotjer.com
Exercise:- Login with the provided details
Exercise:- Login with the provided details - Publish an article on the homepage
- title - text - image (strand.jpg) - tag (lagotto)
Exercise:- Login with the provided details - Publish an article on the homepage
- title - text - image (strand.jpg) - tag (lagotto)
- Logout
Default Joomla installation
with blogging sample data
Speed 2x
8:22
Joomla user friendly?
Joomla gebruiksvriendelijk?
Improve the usability of Joomla
!
tips10
Login 1
Keep it Simple2
Joomla settings 3
Text-editor 4
Site configuration 5
No unnecessary access 6
Language overrides 7
Template overrides 8
CSS / JavaScript 9
Separate input 10
Optimized Joomla installation
with blogging sample data
Speed 2x
1:29
Look over the shoulder of the
website user
“Don’t make me think” - Steve Krug
Bonus: Template override
File: templates/naam-van-template/html/com_content/form/edit.php
File: templates/naam-van-template/html/com_content/form/edit.php
Code: http://perfectwebteam.nl/blog/56-het-toevoegen-van-een-artikel-in-joomla-was-nog-nooit-zo-simpel
Resources: !Joomla Community Magazine article “Creating an article in Joomla! has never been this easy!”: http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/issue-sept-2014/item/2293-creating-an-article-in-joomla-has-never-been-this-easy !Slides, links & code: sanderpotjer.com
