Sample Data Specifications for 1.6
From Joomla! Documentation
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
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- 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
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- 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
- Templates Content page on what a template is
- 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
- Languages Content Page about languages with links to language pack source ***submenu:
- 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:
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- 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