Designers Studio
Thursday, 01 December 2011 00:00
Top 10 Joomla! Templates for 2011
As the year comes to a close we have a chance to stop and look back at the awesome designs that some of the Joomla template providers have put together throughout 2011.
Published in 2011 December
Tuesday, 01 November 2011 00:00
Responsive Design
As more web enabled devices are released on the market, people are viewing the internet with different tools. Smart phones, tablets, portable gaming devices, car entertainment units and even household appliances, like fridges, have empowered users to stay connected to the internet all day long.
Published in 2011 November
Saturday, 01 October 2011 00:00
Display Different Menu Items for Registered and Non-Registered Users Using MetaMod
This tutorial is aimed at Joomla users who have grasped the basics and are just starting to require customization that needs something more than the standard Joomla toolbox.
Published in 2011 October
Thursday, 01 September 2011 00:00
From an Idea to Polished Pixels
Many years ago, when I first started designing Joomla! websites, I found that I ran into a few stumbling blocks when working with clients. Being young and eager, I'd always jump straight into a design with very little thought, preparation, or even communication with a client! I would spend hours and hours at my desk coming up with what I thought was the "perfect design" for the client only to get it completely rejected with comments such as, "I was thinking of something a little different", or "That's not quite what I had in mind", or even worse "Are you really a designer?"
Published in 2011 September
Monday, 01 August 2011 00:00
Praiseworthy Joomla User Experience
As I stand here, staring down the corridor of endless possibilities for interfaces and user experiences, I must report that I can see the future and it looks good. Joomla’s administrator template system has come quite a long way.
Published in 2011 August
Friday, 01 July 2011 00:00
IE6 and IE7 can see ghosts or validate before your cross browser test
Yesterday I broke one of my rules when it comes to template development - I started to cross browser test before I validated. I had my design looking perfect in Safari and Firefox and, without thinking, thought I would see what it looked like in Internet Explorer. As most of you have probably experienced waiting for the page to load in Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on a design for the first time can be a somewhat nerve wracking experience.
Published in 2011 July
Friday, 01 July 2011 00:00
Free Joomla! 1.6 Templates for Joomla! Community
Since the release of Joomla! 1.6, Joomla! providers have received a number of requests on Joomla! 1.6 Free Templates from Joomla! users. In this article, I would like to introduce some Joomla! 1.6 free templates on several themes from different Joomla! experts. By choosing templates based on certain themes, I hope to meet your first requests on building websites with Joomla!
Published in 2011 July
Wednesday, 01 June 2011 00:00
Mission Control: Taking the Joomla! admin to new heights
At the end of April Rocket Theme announced the arrival of their long awaited and much anticipated admin theme for Joomla! 1.5 and Joomla! 1.6. Rocket Theme club members have had access to the beta version during the development process and I'm sure to the delight of many a Joomla! user, when the theme was ready for release it was made freely available for all Joomla! users to download.
Published in 2011 June
Sunday, 01 May 2011 00:00
How to put more love into your Joomla! dates...
One of the things that tends to grab my attention browsing sites is the creative use of dates. It's not always appropriate, or even necessary, to get creative with date styling and in most cases, it is only relevant for blogs and perhaps even then, blogs written by creative people. But nonetheless, I love it when a designer puts an elegant or flamboyant touch into the design of their date elements.
Published in 2011 May
Friday, 01 April 2011 00:00
How to become a css detective with CSS Edit
Being given the challenge of styling or restyling a Joomla! site can quickly mean that the erstwhile designer has to don a virtual trenchcoat and fedora to miraculously transform into a code detective. One of the most confusing things for new Joomla! users when it comes to changing a design element on a Joomla! website is trying to figure out where the code for any given style is coming from, and then of course it's another thing to then go and change the style.
Published in 2011 April
