Der Auftritt Angies Blog Einträge tagged 'joomla'

Joomla und die Itemid

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Complex websites need a reasonable and for all our users traceable structure.We get clearness with a good content structure and a visual partion adapted at the users expectance. And last but not least is the logical link structure very important. Many times people in the Joomla Forum are disussing about the Itemid. The Itemid refers to a menu-item and is unique.

Take a look at the Joomla URL structure:

Beispiel: index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&am [...]

Niederländische Webrichtlinien

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Im Rahmen der Vorbereitung meines Vortrags für den niederländischen JoomlaDay bin ich auf die dortigen Webrichtlinen zur Erstellung von öffentlichen Seiten gestossen und war angenehm überrascht.

Die dort verwendeten Guidelines zeichnen sich durch besondere Praxisnähe aus, sind leicht verständich und lassen durch Ihre klare Formulierung, wenig Raum für Fehlinterpretationen.

Auf gummiartige Aussagen, wie sie uns aus der BITV bekannt sind, wird [...]

JoomlaDay in Holland 4. und 5. April

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Holland ist nicht weit. Am 4. und 5. April wird der niederländische Joomla!Day in Utrecht stattfinden. Viele Vorträge werden in englischer Sprache zu hören sein, so dass sich auch die Anreise aus Deutschland lohnt. Wenn man sich etwas bemüht, kann man sich durchaus auf der Seite: http://www.joomladag.nl über den Programmablauf informieren.

Wilco Jansen, der Delevopment Coordinator, wird über die zukünfige Entwicklung von Joomla sprechen, Louis Lan [...]

Joomla 1.5 stable

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Was lange braucht wird wirklich gut ! Nach langer Entwicklungszeit hat das Joomla-Team die 1.5 Stable freigegeben.

Mehr auf der Joomla Seite.

Das neue Joomla 1.5 Buch online lesen

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Kurz vor Weihnachten wurde das neue Joomla 1.5 Buch von Hagen Graf fertig. Für den ein oder anderen ist sicherlich die online Version interessant. Kapitel 14 “Barrierefreiheit und Joomla” stammt übrigens von mir. Viel Spaß beim Lesen.

Accessibility Blogparade: Ich wünsch mir was

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Als ich die Einladung erhielt mich an der Accessibility Blog Parade zu beteiligen, war ich erst einmal wenig begeistert. Es wird so viel geschrieben zu diesen Thema. Vieles wiederholt sich, da wollte ich nicht auch noch einreihen.

Bis mir aber nach meinem Seminar in Zürich und einen spannenden Wochenende mit Eva Papst etwa [...]

Joomla 1.5. Live Test blind user Eva Papst : Summary

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:59:00 +0100

Eva spent two and a half days to learn the basics of the Joomla backend.

Her final statement :

” Although there is a lack of assessibility features, the backend is usable with various screenreaders. Sometimes it is helpful to switch between them. I would define the difference between an usable system and an accessible system as follows:

A usable system is one that I can handle with a lot of patience and time, but my attention is occupied by the system itself. U [...]

Joomla 1.5. Live Test Eva Papst 10 : Media Manager

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:19:00 +0100

The Media - Manager isn’t easy to use, because of the duplication of the directories. There are no headlines available. The HTML - Code is a little bit confusing, because the are a fieldset and a legend found without any open form-element.

The upload dialog doesn’t appear automatically. The prob is that the upload dialog doesn’t get the focus directly. We couldn’t find out, why. Eva could solve the problem, if she changes the focus from window to window. This [...]

Joomla 1.5. Live Test Eva Papst 9 : Article handling

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:04:00 +0100

In general Eva had no prob to handel an articles. Every parameter is accessible. Only the read-more functions is a little bit difficult to use.

Now it is a little bit complicated to explain.

If Eva writes an article the focus is usually in the textarea. To add the readmore “hr” the cursor/focus has to be at the correct position. To select the readmore button she has to leave the textarea, so the focus in the textarea is lost. There the readmore “hr” i [...]

Joomla 1.5. Live Test Eva Papst 8 : Menumanager

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:53:00 +0100

It was not easy for Eva to understand the seperation between content and menu. This way of publishing content is Jommla! specific and different to other systems she already knows.

Joomla has so many different possibiltys to handle content. This is confusing for all beginners. The structure of the menu in the backend isn’t easy to use, because there are no headlines to seperate the different topics. This problem may have every beginner but without a visual overview it is more [...]

Next step follows tomorrow

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:26:00 +0100

After a short introduction I left Eva alone to create sections and categories.

Result: Some sections and categories are created .

Next step follows tomorrow.

Joomla 1.5. Live Test Eva Papst 7: Backend general 2

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:53:00 +0100

Eva wants to change the template now. It isn’t easy for her to find the right link in this mass of links, because we have no semantic headlines to structure the content. But she is practised in using websites and so she found the right one after a while.

Conclusion: To change the template was possible

Joomla 1.5. Live Test Eva Papst 7: Backend general

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:34:00 +0100

Eva asked me:”What’s about the the numbers I found at the beginning of the page.” There is a link to the unread messages and the amount of logged in users is shown.

We can see the icons which are placed with CSS as background-images. These images aren’t accessible, because they are not part of the HTML. It would be better to place them inside the code and use a accordant al [...]

Joomla 1.5. Live Test Eva Papst 6: Extension Manager

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:38:00 +0100

Oh, everything in English. Our work could be much easier, if we could use our native language. We have to install the german language now. So I sent Eva to look for the installation part. She found it .

Installation Manager looks fine. Eva is happy about finding “real buttons” and a meta title .

Conclusion: Everything OK

Joomla 1.5. Live Test Eva Papst 5: User Manager

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:18:00 +0100

No Problem, all accessable

Joomla 1.5. Live Test Eva Papst 4: configuration

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:10:00 +0100

Eva:”Ah, I’m the super administrator”

Joomla asked for the Username again. We are talking to much, so we get timeout. Login again.

Eva was going to the global configuration, but she doesn’t know where she is now. Here could be a document title helpful. Configuration-forms are well structured and labeled . “Save and cancle button” are reachable for keyboard users YEAHHH

Conclusion: Global Configuration successful.

Joomla 1.5. Live Test Eva Papst 3: Login

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:05:00 +0100

The same prob as installation with the webformator. The login button has no href. So it isn’t reachable for keyboard users.

Eva uses a trick to place the mouse and activate the link. Windows eyes no prob.

Conclusion: Login successful

Joomla 1.5. Live Test Eva Papst 2: Lost username or password

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:52:00 +0100

Oh, installation was sucessful but username forgotten. What happens : Eva uses the link “forgotten username”. She got the information, that there was sent a new password by mail . “Forgotten password ” works too.

Conclusion: This part works fine.

Joomla 1.5. Live Test Eva Papst 1:Installation

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:36:00 +0100

At the moment Eva Papst ( blind) is sitting beside me and we are going to check the Joomla installation with different screenreaders. The first prob was that the webformator doesn’t show onclicks without href, so we have to change to window eyes , there it works. These links aren’t reachable for keyboard users too. Structure and Navigation are logical and useable. Form elements are labeled and working. It should be better to position the continue button after the form-fields.

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Joomla Api

a.radtke@derauftritt.de — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Eine sehr hilfreiche Übersicht über alle in Joomla verwendeten Klassen und Funktionen findet man auf www. joomla-tipps.net