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Transform Your Joomla Dashboard
Kyle Ledbetter
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A Brief HistoryYou have to know where you came from to know where you’re
going, or something like that…
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Which one of these is different?Let’s play a game!
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Consistency is good,but stagnation can be very
bad.
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Apple is king of the updates- Updates are easy
- UI updates are frequent
- Developers are pushed to uphold high standards
- Usability is revered and on the same level as code (or higher)
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Updates are visual progress queues
There’s just something exciting about a small visual update that pushes the perception of progress more than any code can do.
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Let’s peak over the fenceand see what our CMS neighbors are up to
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WordPressWordPress constantly updates their UI in an iterative, ongoing
pursuit of perfection.
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DrupalDrupal identified a problem and put a system in place
for a solution.
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Let’s be clear: Joomla’s admin interface hasn’t been totally
ignored.• Much better taxonomy
• Much better markup
• HTML Overrides (yay!)• Which allow admin
templates to change layouts
• Assign admin template to individual user• Allows things like
mobile devices switching
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We need flexibility
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What can I do right now?
Let’s check out some awesome solutions that you can install on your Joomla site today.
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2 Basic RoutesOne is not necessarily better than the other.
It’s up to you to decide.
Evolutionary Revolutionary
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Route 1: Improvements via Extensions
Prime example: NoNumber.nl
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Joomla Extensions Directory
The JED is a great resource to find all kinds of useful admin extensions as well!
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/administration/
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NoNumberThe king of Joomla admin extensions and addons for the standard
Joomla admin interface (& compat w/ other admin templates)
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Route 2: Entire new interfacesPrime example: AdminPraise.com
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AdminPraiseAdminPraise is the first Joomla admin template club, and features
several templates to change your overall Joomla interface.
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AdminPraise 1Proof-of-concept – Can an alternative Joomla admin interface be
done, useful and accepted?
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Standout feature:AdminPraise 1 was the first real alternative Joomla admin template, which
was a proof of concept and successfully proved the relevance of alt UI.(also 1st mobile optimized Joomla dashboard)
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AdminPraise 2Time to put this notion of a truly alternative Joomla admin
interface to the test.
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Standout features:Completely modular, lots of ACL viewing options, admin menu
management, sidebar, dock, change editor on the fly, and many more…AP2 set the new standard.
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StainlessThe goal was to merge form and function and push modern CSS3
techniques and design trends.
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Standout features:More customizable overall and responsive GUI but same level of
simplicity of AdminPraise Lite.
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AdminPraise LiteFirst free from AdminPraise, focused on lightweight usability.
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Standout features:No cost, easy to navigate and fast as heck.
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AdminPadOptimized iPad user experience that provides a native app look &
feel.
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WYSIWYG Text Editor
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Standout features:Joomla works well on the iPad, of course
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AdminPraise 3A huge step towards a responsive, customizable interface as
flexible as Joomla itself.
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Live UpdatesLive Updates bring shorter, more iterative releases w/ new
features and bug fixes. Live Updates also prolong the life of the release.
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JoomlaBambooFrontend template club that’s released 2 solid admin templates.
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SimplaJoomla Bamboo’s first admin template, in which the accordion
sidebar navigation is the focal point.
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CrispA clean, minimal admin interface from a template club known for
clean frontend templates.
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Standout features:Flexible nav, version check/update, session timer, minimal design
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MinimaMinimal 1.6 admin template that’s being used in the Molajo
distro.
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Standout features:A truly modern, minimal user experience that uses just about every modern web standards, techniques and best practices.
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Mission ControlAdmin template from Rockettheme, one of the leading frontend
Joomla template developers.
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Standout Features:Editor tracking, notification badges, component layout overrides,
color customization you’d expect from Rockettheme.
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A Common Joomla Blessing/Curse
It’s lovely to have choices but islands are formed.
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Eventually We Need To UniteSo we can contribute back the ultimate admin interface.
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What’s the ultimate solution?From all my experience & observations, we need:
- Contextually Aware GUI
- Adapts per your usage
- Tagged, Categorized Extensions
- Strict Standards (especially to gain the “native” sticker)
- This will take time on all fronts, Joomla 1.8 is realistic