Joomla 1.6 UI Development
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I'm posting here a list of the things I'm working on for the administrator interface. If you want to take something on, just put your name next tot he task. You can post patches on the tracker if it's a bug or just email them to me at ron.severdia@joomla.org.
Global Items:
Visual indicator on table filters to show not default is active
Add grey border to calendar icon/remove 1px CSS border
Check styling of error messages throughout
Make icon for saving order consistent with Save icons elsewhere
Confirm dropdown (not radio buttons) is used for all 3+ options
Add nowrap to required asterisk style
Vertically center lock for checked out items
Add CSS for disabling toolbar icons in areas where they don't apply
More testing on wrapping labels (long words for translations)
Control Panel: Reorder status modules Remove Language Manager & Config icons
Components Menu: Reorder Redirect component above Search component
All Modal Popups: Language cleanup Width sizing Title/description cleanup Permission styles (spacing, depth indicators, etc.)
Global Configuration: Save & Save/Close icons Global check-in icon: square checkmark, adjust gradient
Toolbars: Redo icons for Save/Apply Save & Close Save & New Save as Copy
User Manager: Add new user, save, save & close, save & new, save as copy Check in Extension Manager toolbar icons Module Manager- duplicate icon Fix missing colons on top filters Fix gradient strength in Access Levels header icon Add depth indicator (mootools accordion nesting?) Fix Delete icon (right edge of red circle cut off) Fix level indicator for Access Levels
Usability: Resolve menu items submenu
Article Permissions Panel: Changing dropdown should use AJAX/JS to calculate Current state image Edit groups & Reset to Inherit buttons not working
Global Configuration/Permissions: Fix description Add depth indicator (mootools accordion nesting?)
Massmail: Fix title Subject field same length as message field (both wider) Replace jagged Send E-mail button Remove Options toolbar button from Massmail?
Menu Manager Remove bullets from Modules column, replace with 16x16 module icons Batch Box- Add boxes around each type of process, make side by side? Clean up Edit Menu Item Module Assignments modal Synchronize Select buttons Hide Basic Options panel for menu items with no basic options Verify all menu item types have correct panel groupings (correct items in right accordion panels)
Category Manager: Missing batch process Missing Move & Copy icons in toolbar Remove "Articles" from header
Edit Category: Move Language & Note fields to Basic Options panel
Article Manager: Remove crud from editor-xtd buttons Move Language field to Article Options panel Missing batch process Missing Move & Copy icons in toolbar Fix spacing between pagination buttons, consistent size of active/inactive Align center pagination in IE
Media Manager: Center images in boxes (thumbnail view) Update delete buttons (detail view)
Banners: Sticky icon
Edit Banner: Move URL above description field and extend width
Edit Client: Change to 60/40 layout
Edit Contact: Change to 60/40 layout Fix Contact Form accordion panel
Contact Category: New icon
Private Message: New Message: Reduce drop shadow on header icon Change the Change User button to Select User New button for Send, mark as read, mark as unread
Newsfeed Manager: Edit Newsfeed: change header to Edit Newsfeed Publishing Options: change the Change User button to Select User Edit Category: Move language dropdown to Basic Options panel
Search Manager: Create CSS button for Show Search Results Style "Gathering Statistics" indicator
Weblinks: Weblinks & Weblinks category: fix drop shadow in icon header Edit Category: Move language dropdown to Basic Options panel
Edit Weblink: Change the Change User button to Select User Change Options panel to Basic Options Change Metadata panel to Metadata Options
Extension Manager: Install: Increase vertical space between forms Manage: Fix position of filter checkbox, change "folder" column to "Plug-in Type" Update/Warnings: Increase spacing above so notice is centered Discover: Consistent style with others, make "discover" an active link Update/Discover: New toolbar icons for Install, Change Purge Cache to Clear Cache in toolbars
Module Manager: New Duplicate Icon
Template Manager: New icon for Assigned Update icon & screenshot for BlueStork
Language Manager: Change Filter Type to Filter Location Reduce width of Search box, change to Filter
Plug-in Manager: Fix layout of OpenID Basic options panel TinyMCE- Clean up Basic Options panel, remove HR tags System - Debug- Fix Language Options panel User-Contact Creator: Fix Basic Options panel
IE Fixes: Fix left edge of header lines Global Config/System Info not showing tab on load (error on JS) Fix white pace outside of fieldset at top Adjust width of ordering fields in Access Levels, Article Manager, etc. Edit Menu Item: Change Secure in Metadata Options to dropdown Admin login page: left align dropdown with other fields Remove outlines on clicking Media Manager: remove scrollbars (adjust cell widths)