Sample Data Specifications for 1.6

Sample Data: Outline of Structure

Goals:

• To introduce users to Joomla and the Joomla community
• To provide an introduction to Joomla features
• To provide useful information for upgrading users
• To provide a basis for testing and troubleshooting

Audiences:

• New users with no prior experience/probably one click installs
• Experienced web developers using or testing Joomla! for the first time
• 1.5 or 1.0 users moving into 1.6
• People wanting a fresh installation for trouble shooting or template design

Menu Structure Top menu&

• User types -(Content page for each)
• Beginners
• Upgraders
• Experienced web masters or designers

(submenus for each?)

Main Menu, overall navigation, show on all pages

• Home (should use only global parameters )(possibly use featured content, now that it isn't front page it should be less confusing)
• About Joomla
• FAQ  (nested category structure)
• Links (to j.org and selected sites)
• Feeds
• Using Joomla

• • The front end   For site visitors  For content creators and managers
  • The administrator    Global configuration, what you need to know   
  • Layouts
  • Security
  • Performance
  • Help system and documentation
  • ACL
  • Parameters    Global Parameters    Menu Parameters    Item parameters
  • Trouble shooting and getting help
  • Learn More

• Extensions 

• • Components

Content page describing what a component is

• • • Submenu:Each Core Component description page    

• • • • Submenu:     

     Each core view

• • • Extending the core,
    • adding new components

• • Modules: Content page describing what modules are and how to place them on a page

• • • Submenu:      Each module (show on a content page using loadposition. Describe the function of the module.)     
    • The Module Manager     
    • Extending the core, adding new modules 

• • Templates       Content page on what a template is       
    • Submenu:        Each template showing front page         
    • Description of each template (e.g. Template parameters, something special)
    • Typography for each template       
    • The Template Manager (changing the default etc)         ***Extending the core, adding new templates or modifying core templates creating your own templates

• • Languages        Content Page about languages with links to language pack source            ***submenu:
    • The Language Manager
    • Extending the core,
    • adding new languages,
    • modifying core language files
    • Extending the core, creating a new translation

• • Plugins

Content Page about plugins      

• • • Submenu: (each page should have a brief description, list of core plugins in that category and state whether they are on or off by default)

Content plugins {show examples of how to use in content)

• • • System Plugins       

• • • Editor Plugins       
    • Extended Editor Plugins       
    • User plugins       
    • Authentication Plugins       
    • The Plugin Manager        
    • Extending the core, adding new plugins

• User menu:

• • Your details
  • submit content
  • submit weblink
  • Administrator

Modules:

Main menu, top menu--all pages
login home page and a few others
Others as needed plus the display in the modules part of the menus

Content Pages:

Welcome
What can you do with Joomla?
A framework and a CMSlanding 
page for each group of users
Joomla Community
Free Software
License