Joomla Banners, Login Modules & Decorative Elements

Banners, Login Modules & Decorative Elements

Banner Area & Login Modules

Figure 3.7: Banner Area

Functions
Functions are elements needed to make interactivity possible. In Joomla! these functions are called modules. A module is something that takes up space on the web page and fulfils a certain function.

Login Area
A login module is important if you want to separate your website into a public and a protected area. The visitor then has to have a way of registering and of logging on. Perhaps he or she even occasionally forgets his or her password. The login module should be able to take all situations into consideration as illustrated in Figure 3.8:

Figure 3.8: Login Module

Polling
Since our content is designed for certain target groups, we should now and then ask the group that actually surfs websites for their opinion. This is the simplest way of getting utilizable opinions about your site. Joomla! has integrated a survey component, whose display module is on the example page as illustrated in Figure
3.9:

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Figure 3.9: Survey Module

Who is Online?

Figure 3.10: Who is Online

Back
Back is a small word of great importance and forms a giant portion of user friendliness. After one has pressed on a link, sometimes it is not at all easy to return exactly to the spot where one was just before. The Back button tries to make that possible:

Figure 3.12: Back

Search Field
Similar to the Back button, the Search field also contributes greatly to the user friendliness of a website. Many pages have search fields. Often, however, the programs behind the Search field don't scan the entire content of the page. With Joomla, however, all pages are definitely scanned:

Figure 3.13: Search Field

You can type a search term and press Enter on the keyboard. The result is a hit list, with the desired term visually emphasized.

Decorative Elements

Figure 3.14: Logo 1

Figure 3.15: Logo 2

Figure 3.16: Footer