10 tips to improve the usability of Joomla - Joomla World Conference 2014

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Nov. 07, 2014

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

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

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

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Joomla is very flexible and has many possibilities. A disadvantage is that working with Joomla can seem complex because of all the settings and navigation choices. For a Joomla specialist this is usually not an issue, but for many end users it can be a stumbling block. However, with a little effort you can make a Joomla 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.

Joomla developer & specialist at Perfect Web Team

Joomla is very flexible and has many possibilities. A disadvantage is that working with Joomla can seem complex because of all the settings and navigation choices. For a Joomla specialist this is usually not an issue, but for many end users it can be a stumbling block. However, with a little effort you can make a Joomla 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 the usability of Joomla - Joomla World Conference 2014

1. 10 tips to improve Joomla’s usability Sander Potjer @sanderpotjer www.sanderpotjer.com Joomla! World Conference 2014
2. Sander Potjer - Love contributing to Joomla - Company: Perfect Web Team - Extension: ACL Manager - sander@sanderpotjer.nl
3. Sander Potjer - Love contributing to Joomla - Company: Perfect Web Team - Extension: ACL Manager - sander@sanderpotjer.nl - Slides: sanderpotjer.com
4. Joomla user friendly?
5. Joomla user friendly for us?
6. Joomla user friendly for end-users?
7. Joomla gebruiksvriendelijk?
8. Exercise: - Login with the provided details
9. Exercise: - Login with the provided details - Publish an article on the homepage - title - text - image (strand.jpg) - tag (lagotto)
10. Exercise: - Login with the provided details - Publish an article on the homepage - title - text - image (strand.jpg) - tag (lagotto) - Logout
11. Default Joomla installation with blogging sample data
12. Speed 2x
13. 8:22
14. Improve the usability of Joomla tips 10
15. Login 1
16. Keep it Simple2
17. Joomla settings 3
18. Text-editor 4
19. Site configuration5
20. No unnecessary access 6
21. Language overrides 7
22. Template overrides 8
23. CSS / JavaScript 9
24. Separate input 10
25. Optimized Joomla installation with blogging sample data
26. Speed 2x
27. 1:29
28. Look over the shoulder of the website user
29. Usability testing tips
30. Task based on own situation1
31. Website test, not ! person test 2
32. Think out loud (repeat!)3
33. Don’t help, ask questions4
34. User is not stupid! 5
35. Record the test 6
36. “Don’t make me think” - Steve Krug
37. Bonus: Template override
38. File: templates/template-name/html/com_content/form/ edit.php
39. File: templates/template-name/html/com_content/form/ edit.php
40. File: templates/template-name/html/com_content/form/ edit.php
41. Code: https://gist.github.com/sanderpotjer/ 5488c2a10dceeee7db7d
42. 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