Suggestions

Hi, Robbie...

Great job thus far; keep up the great work!

Suggestion #1: Buttons. Instead of going word-wired (with the 'Submit' etc inside the image itself, you should take advantage of Joomla's language packs. Instead of having 10 different png sets for languages, why not have one single button style that you layer words onto, straight from the language packs. It would be easier on any potential translators, who may not have photoshop, or may be ignorant of how to use it. I use a similar effect for my 'Read More' on my own site, where a graphic is displayed under the 'Read More' link. The buttons as they stand don't have enough contrast (I keep mistaking Report for Reply).

#2: If a user has timed out, and they try to post, it says something to the effect 'You have no permission to edit post'. I would suggest, for user friendliness, is to have a tasteful red X png overlaid on top if they are not logged in and cannot post. If they insist on clicking that link, it should say something telling them that they are not logged in, and give the admin the option of redirecting them to a login page.

My humble two cents!

Looking forward to future improvements!

Re: Suggestions

Suggestion 1, I agree, suggestion 2, I think if users have timed out or are logged out they should just be fowarded to the login page

Re: Suggestions

Hi,

1. Designers will cut my head off! Most people likes text as a graphic, with shadows etc... But you are right. I'm working on a solution to make both ways possible. Please have a look at \components\com_joobb\designs\buttons\joobb_black\en-GB\button_blank.png. The button is already implemented in 0.7.5. Now I need to realize the logical part(programming ).

2. Oh yeah... this happened to me more then one time... I is really annoying. My solution to avoid this is, to save the post data temporary and advise the user to login again. After login he will be redirected to the post with no data lost. What do you say?

Kind regards,
Robbie

Re: Suggestions

1) For SEO, the bots like links with text over links of images. A toggle, perhaps?

2) Sounds good to me!