Image naming guidelines
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The image naming convention aims to:
- Reduce the likelihood of image name clashes; and
- Increase the likelihood that images are re-used.
Image names should consist of an underscore-separated list of pre-defined tags, detailed below. Tags are generally in order of least specific to most specific and the date on which the image is created or uploaded is appended. Additional tags can be defined as required. Some typical image names are:
screenshot_content_article_manager_full_20090117.png screenshot_site_global_config_seo_settings_annotated_20090117.png
The format is defined as:
<filename> ::= <tag-list>_<yyyy><mm><dd>.<extension> <tag-list> ::= <tag> | <tag>_<tag-list> <yyyy> ::= 4-digit year number <mm> ::= 2-digit month number <dd> ::= 2-digit day number <extension> ::= 'png' | 'jpg' | 'jpeg' | 'gif'
To further promote image re-use, all image tags have a corresponding category on this wiki and care should be taken to ensure that images are correctly assigned to their relevant categories as defined below.
Top-level Tags[edit]
Tag | Description | Category |
---|---|---|
screenshot | Image is a screenshot of the Joomla package. See below for subsidiary tags. | Category:Joomla screenshots |
eclipse | Image is a screenshot of the Eclipse package. | Category:Eclipse screenshots |
phpmyadmin | Image is a screenshot of the phpMyAdmin package. | Category:PhpMyAdmin screenshots |
diagram | Image is a diagram. | Category:Diagrams |
chart | Image is a chart. | Category:Charts |
Joomla screenshots Tags[edit]
These tags are defined as subsidiary to the screenshot tag. They mostly correspond to the top-level menus in the Administrator, plus the template names for screenshots of the front-end.
Tag | Description | Category |
---|---|---|
site | Site menu. See below for subsidiary tags. | Category:Site screenshots |
menus | Menus menu. See below for subsidiary tags. | Category:Menus screenshots |
content | Content menu. See below for subsidiary tags. | Category:Content screenshots |
components | Components menu. See below for subsidiary tags. | Category:Component screenshots |
extensions | Extensions menu. See below for subsidiary tags. | Category:Extensions screenshots |
tools | Tools menu. See below for subsidiary tags. | Category:Tools screenshots |
help | Help menu. See below for subsidiary tags. | Category:Help screenshots |
milky_way | Screenshots of the Milky Way template. | Category:Milky Way screenshots |
beez | Screenshots of the Beez template. | Category:Beez screenshots |
ja_purity | Screenshots of the JA_Purity template. | Category:Ja_purity screenshots |
installation | Screenshots of Joomla installation. | Category:Installation screenshots |
parameter | Screenshots of generic parameters. | Category:Parameters screenshots |
Site screenshots Tags[edit]
These tags are defined as subsidiary to the screenshot and site tags. They correspond to sub-menu items under the Site menu in the Administrator.
Tag | Description | Category |
---|---|---|
control_panel | Screenshots of Site -> Control Panel. | Category:Control panel screenshots |
user_manager | Screenshots of Site -> User Manager. | Category:User manager screenshots |
media_manager | Screenshots of Site -> Media Manager. | Category:Media manager screenshots |
global_config | Screenshots of Site -> Global Configuration. | Category:Global configuration screenshots |
Menus screenshots Tags[edit]
These tags are defined as subsidiary to the screenshot and menus tags. They correspond to sub-menu items under the Menus menu in the Administrator.
Tag | Description | Category |
---|---|---|
menu_manager | Screenshots of Menus -> Menu Manager. | Category:Menu manager screenshots |
menu_trash | Screenshots of Menus -> Menu Trash. | Category:Menu trash screenshots |
main_menu | Screenshots of the sample content Main Menu. | Category:Main menu screenshots |
Content screenshots Tags[edit]
These tags are defined as subsidiary to the screenshot and content tags. They correspond to sub-menu items under the Content menu in the Administrator.
Tag | Description | Category |
---|---|---|
article_manager | Screenshots of Content -> Article Manager. | Category:Article manager screenshots |
article_trash | Screenshots of Content -> Article trash. | Category:Article trash screenshots |
section_manager | Screenshots of Content -> Section Manager. | Category:Section manager screenshots |
category_manager | Screenshots of Content -> Category Manager. | Category:Category manager screenshots |
front_page_manager | Screenshots of Content -> Front Page Manager. | Category:Front page manager screenshots |
Components screenshots Tags[edit]
These tags are defined as subsidiary to the screenshot and components tags. They correspond to sub-menu items under the Components menu in the Administrator.
Tag | Description | Category |
---|---|---|
banner_banners | Screenshots of Components -> Banners -> Banners. | Category:Banners banners screenshots |
banner_clients | Screenshots of Components -> Banners -> Clients. | Category:Banners clients screenshots |
banner_categories | Screenshots of Components -> Banners -> Categories. | Category:Banners categories screenshots |
contacts_contacts | Screenshots of Components -> Contact -> Contacts. | Category:Contacts contacts screenshots |
contacts_categories | Screenshots of Components -> Contact -> Categories. | Category:Contacts categories screenshots |
news_feeds_feeds | Screenshots of Components -> News feeds -> Feeds. | Category:News feeds feeds screenshots |
news_feeds_categories | Screenshots of Components -> News feeds -> Categories. | Category:News feeds categories screenshots |
polls | Screenshots of Components -> Polls. | Category:Polls screenshots |
search | Screenshots of Components -> Search. | Category:Search screenshots |
web_links_links | Screenshots of Components -> Web links -> Links. | Category:Web links links screenshots |
web_links_categories | Screenshots of Components -> Web links -> Categories. | Category:Web links categories screenshots |
Extensions screenshots Tags[edit]
These tags are defined as subsidiary to the screenshot and extensions tags. They correspond to sub-menu items under the Extensions menu in the Administrator.
Tag | Description | Category |
---|---|---|
install | Screenshots of Extensions -> install/uninstall. | Category:Extensions install screenshots |
module_manager | Screenshots of Extensions -> Module Manager. | Category:Module manager screenshots |
plugin_manager | Screenshots of Extensions -> Plugin Manager. | Category:Plugin manager screenshots |
template_manager | Screenshots of Extensions -> Template Manager. | Category:Template manager screenshots |
language_manager | Screenshots of Extensions -> Language Manager. | Category:Language manager screenshots |
Tools screenshots Tags[edit]
These tags are defined as subsidiary to the screenshot and tools tags. They correspond to sub-menu items under the Tools menu in the Administrator.
Tag | Description | Category |
---|---|---|
read_messages | Screenshots of the Tools -> Read messages screen. | Category:Read messages screenshots |
write_message | Screenshots of the Tools -> Write message screen. | Category:Write message screenshots |
mass_mail | Screenshots of the Tools -> Mass mail screen. | Category:Mass mail screenshots |
global_check-in | Screenshots of the Tools -> Global check-in screen. | Category:Global check-in screenshots |
clean_cache | Screenshots of the Tools -> Clean cache screen. | Category:Clean cache screenshots |
Help screenshots Tags[edit]
These tags are defined as subsidiary to the screenshot and help tags. They correspond to sub-menu items under the Help menu in the Administrator.
Tag | Description | Category |
---|---|---|
joomla_help | Screenshots of the Help -> Joomla help screen. | Category:Joomla help screenshots |
system_info | Screenshots of the Help -> System info screen. | Category:System info screenshots |
Other tags[edit]
A number of other tags may be used to give further information about an image.
Tag | Description | Category |
---|---|---|
full | Full-page screenshot. | Category:Full page screenshots |
annotated | Screenshot with annotations or other information superimposed. | Category:Annotated screenshots |