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May

2008

Changing our frontpage - what do you think?
Written by David Towers   

Change frontpage layout in joomla A few months on from our launch, GoodWebPractices.com has come quite a long way. Last week we had over 2,300 visitors, we already have a page rank of 5 and most importantly we have been generating a steady stream of business leads.

As we all know, it's good to regularly evaluate how well a website is performing and what can be done to improve it...

We have decided it's time to change the layout of our frontpage and we would love to have your input as to what we should do.

 

What we would like our frontpage to do

  • As soon as you come to GoodWebPractices.com we would like to communicate who we are and what we do.
  • Show the introductions to our latest articles.
  • Show the latest blog comments and the most popular posts.

Whats wrong with our current homepage

  • It's way too long.
  • Our latest articles are below the fold.
  • There is no key information about who we are and what we do.
  • It doesn't look very special.

An extension we're considering using

Having tried lots of content sliders, PraiseSlides from JoomlaPraise seems to one of the best ways to display a number of our latest articles in a small space. We are considering using it when we redesign the frontpage.

What do you think?

With all this in mind, we have been experimenting to try to come up with a new frontpage to really serve you, our users better. You can take a a look at a screenshot of the new frontpage here (click the image to enlarge):

Customising the Joomla Frontpage

If you are a member of Good Web Practices, you can preview the new frontpage live by clicking on the link in the main menu entitled "New Frontpage". If you're not a member, why not sign up? It's completely free!

We would love to have your feedback on this. We really want to involve people in the development of Good Web Practices, as we aim to run it as a community site... So it's over to you now. What do you think we should be communicating on our homepage, and how we should do it?

Comments (6)Add Comment
Jason Boyette
GreatGatsby
May 10, 2008
199.178.199.254
Votes: +4
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PraiseSlides is nice! I'd love to see it on your site.

David Towers
David T
May 12, 2008
87.90.44.16
Votes: +0
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Thanks for your feedback GreatGatsby, it's good to learn you think we'd do well to use PraiseSlides.

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Kaen
May 12, 2008
82.36.123.218
Votes: +0
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I was considering using a slider for my site- it looks good. Did you have to configure it much?

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Jaguer
May 12, 2008
87.90.44.16
Votes: -1
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On the picture you have latest comments in the top right. I dont think it looks very good. Why dont you just put them at the bottom like on other pages?

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m0nb0f
July 01, 2008
89.84.212.129
Votes: +1
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I would like to introduce the system next to my Joomla site:
- The possibility for users to post articles (or system Blog) to which others can leave comments
- Be able to classify his article (or post) in 1 category from the existing 3
- The latest articles (or post) appear automatically on Frontpage (only 3 or 4 last displayed automatically without any intervention)
I can not find the desired components.
Someone to advise me?
Thank you

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Anna
February 05, 2010
212.34.237.98
Votes: +0
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Hi guys , I really need your help plz. look trough my website www.uite.org I do want to change its front page but I don't know how! CAN YOU Help me!!
Thanks you

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