10 tips to improve the usability of joomla - joomla world conference 2014
DESCRIPTION
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.TRANSCRIPT
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 - [email protected]
Sander Potjer
- Love contributing to Joomla - Company: Perfect Web Team - Extension: ACL Manager - [email protected] - Slides: sanderpotjer.com
Joomla user friendly?
Joomla user friendly
for us?
Joomla user friendly
for end-users?
Joomla gebruiksvriendelijk?
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
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
Usability testing tips
Task based on own situation1
Website test, not ! person test 2
Think out loud (repeat!) 3
Don’t help, ask questions4
User is not stupid! 5
Record the test 6
“Don’t make me think” - Steve Krug
Bonus: Template override
File: templates/template-name/html/com_content/form/edit.php
File: templates/template-name/html/com_content/form/edit.php
File: templates/template-name/html/com_content/form/edit.php
Code: https://gist.github.com/sanderpotjer/5488c2a10dceeee7db7d
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