Have you ever been told, "Don’t think about a pink elephant”? Odds are, a pink elephant popped into your mind instantly.
There’s a unique kind of joy, quiet, yet deeply satisfying, that comes when I stumble across a website on my digital wanderings and instantly recognise the fingerprints of Joomla beneath the surface.
A few weeks ago, I was working on a website for a client, writing a very important article. I spent a long time ensuring that my grammar and spelling were perfect and that the article truly represented everything the client wanted to say. And then it happened. I stepped away from my laptop for a coffee, and when I returned, the screen was blank.
What are Floating Labels?
Floating labels are a UI design pattern often used in form fields where the placeholder text for an input field moves or "floats" above the field as the user starts typing. This pattern was popularized by Google’s Material Design guidelines.
The following outlines my personal wish list of proposed enhancements and new features for Joomla 6, categorized by functionality and addressing both user needs and potential technical considerations. They are in no specific order.
Joomla's template override functionality allows users to customize the default layout of components, modules, and views, providing extensive flexibility for creating unique designs. Managing template overrides effectively will minimize maintenance challenges on updates.
Have you ever shared a link on Facebook only to find the thumbnail was missing, or there was a different picture than you expected? If you don't explicitly tell Facebook what image to use then it makes a guess.
Last night I gave an online presentation to the German speaking Joomla user group. The idea of this presentation is to make sure that you are making your life using Joomla as easy as possible. We're adding new features to Joomla all the time but are you actually using them.
In this tutorial I will be building on the full screen home page design that I demonstrated in Joomla home page with full screen image to create a more native app look to the template.
