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10 tips to improve
Joomla’s usability
Sander Potjer
@sanderpotjer
www.sanderpotjer.com
Joomla! World Conference 2014

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Sander Potjer
- Love contributing to Joomla
- Company: Perfect Web Team
- Extension: ACL Manager
- sander@sanderpotjer.nl

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Sander Potjer
- Love contributing to Joomla
- Company: Perfect Web Team
- Extension: ACL Manager
- sander@sanderpotjer.nl
- Slides: sanderpotjer.com

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Joomla
user friendly?

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Joomla
user friendly
for us?

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Joomla
user friendly
for end-users?

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Joomla
gebruiksvriendelijk?

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Exercise:
- Login with the provided details

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Exercise:
- Login with the provided details
- Publish an article on the homepage
- title
- text
- image (strand.jpg)
- tag (lagotto)

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Exercise:
- Login with the provided details
- Publish an article on the homepage
- title
- text
- image (strand.jpg)
- tag (lagotto)
- Logout

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Default
Joomla installation
with blogging
sample data

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Speed 2x

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8:22

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Improve the
usability of Joomla
tips 10

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Login 1

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Keep it Simple2

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Joomla
settings 3

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Text-editor 4

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Site
configuration5

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No unnecessary
access 6

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Language
overrides 7

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Template
overrides 8

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CSS /
JavaScript 9

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Separate
input 10

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Optimized
Joomla installation
with blogging
sample data

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Speed 2x

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1:29

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Look over the
shoulder of the
website user

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Usability
testing tips

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Task based on
own situation1

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Website test,
not !
person test 2

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Think out
loud (repeat!)3

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Don’t help,
ask questions4

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User is
not stupid! 5

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Record
the test 6

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“Don’t make me think”
- Steve Krug

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Bonus:
Template override

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File: templates/template-name/html/com_content/form/
edit.php

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File: templates/template-name/html/com_content/form/
edit.php

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File: templates/template-name/html/com_content/form/
edit.php

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Code: https://gist.github.com/sanderpotjer/
5488c2a10dceeee7db7d

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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