Design and Development for a Better Joomla User Experience (UX)

The Joomla! usability project is taking off and we’re incredibly excited about being a part of this!

Put on your headphones and tune in for one of the upcoming interview about this very topic – this time on the JoomStew Radio Show at 16:00 UTC today.

JoomStew says:
We are excited about the outstanding list of developers and experts who have agreed to participate in this series. Tune in every week for Joomla! news, discussions with inspiring people, and maybe some surprises too.”

What’s todays show about (and how do I listen to it)?

Todays guests on JoomStew Radio will be talking about UX design, frameworks and more.

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Tags: development, events, inspire change, Joomla, usability

Joomla 1.6 access control (ACL) – the power of permissions

There are some amazing new and improved features in Joomla 1.6 and the new permission system (ACL) might just be the most popular of them all.

Access…control…permission…what?

Let’s just say, again, this is probably the most wanted and discussed feature among Joomla fans (you can even buy a “Let there be ACL!” tshirt on joomla.org)!

Sure, in Joomla 1.5 you can control the user group access on a basic level (think: Registered/Admin/Author etc), but Joomla 1.6 ACL takes this to a whole new level.

Imagine being able to really fine-tune who can see and do what on your site. CommunityACL and other Joomla extensions have definitely filled the gap, but having this functionality in the core will be a very welcome addition for many Joomla website admins. (more…)

Tags: joomla 1.6

Discover Joomla 1.6 Beta – 2 videos by Marco Conti

One of the biggest things discussed in the Joomlasphere right now is the upcoming 1.6 version of Joomla. If you are yet to discover the new features and changes included in the new J!1.6 version, the following videos will give you an easy-to-understand overview in just a few minutes.

Marco Conti from ContiCreative just published 2 screencasts where he walks you through many of the new features and functionalities in Joomla 1.6. (If you like the videos below, go to http://vimeo.com/conticreative for more 10 minute Joomla! tips screencasts by Marco) (more…)

Tags: Joomla

Recommended: People.Joomla.org now open and the vibe is great!

Beside the newly released Joomla!1.6 beta, there’s another fantastic thing recently launched by the Joomla! team.

The newly opened http://people.joomla.org has quickly become an incredibly inspiring place and helps you get connected with fellow Joomla folks on a whole new level.

We’ve been approved for 2 groups, so please join us on:

• Prothemer Fan Club
• Morph Fan Club

There’s a whole lot of good coming out of people.joomla.org already and it’s only been live for a few days, so get in there now to connect, create and get inspired.

Full list of features for Morph

Since we first started hinting about Morph, the most commonly asked question is “Where can I find a full list of Morph’s features?”.

We held off on posting anything, mainly because so much stuff was changing on a daily basis and not all the features had been decided yet.

We’re now at a point where we are getting close to doing a code-freeze. In short, this means we will no longer be developing new features (before the stable release) and will shift focus to fixing all bugs, optimizing performance and cross browser fixes.

Since the current build is so close to being “feature complete”, we feel its high time we posted a full list of Morph’s features.
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Tags: Joomla, Morph