Participant 10

Works as a project manager for building web applications. About 9 years using Joomla (well, Mambo).

Clean URLs "I don't understand ... better SEO etc. ... more explanation here.."
[3:24pm] Long silence on Welcome screen when asked what he's looking at.
[3:24pm] "It could be better graphically presented, maybe with the tabs"
[3:24pm] "Maybe some icons, would give a little bit quicker understanding"
[3:24pm] NOTE: Joomla user.
[3:26pm] Would follow each step, one by one, as presented.
[3:28pm] Found create content in both the menu and the welcome text.
[3:29pm] "Maybe I would use a page for the contact information, but obviously just for... hmm"
[3:29pm] Clicking on Article and Page to compare
[3:29pm] "Now I'm a little bit puzzled I guess"
[3:29pm] "So an article is a sort of bloggish type"
[3:30pm] "a page is similar in form to an article" and an "article is similar in form to a page".. hummmm
[3:30pm] "So this is like "news"
[3:30pm] "This was puzzling to me when I was looking at drupal earlier.. "
[3:30pm] http://drupal.org/node/233200
[3:31pm] I'm going to try the article, and if it's wrong I'll delete it and create a page, I'm not afraid to try"
[3:32pm] very menu focused - I will create navigation
[3:32pm] tagging the article
[3:33pm] Grokked the teaser splitter.
[3:34pm] Knew what to do with tags, but not in the task, at all.
[3:34pm] "I trust the system to choose the right default for me - if I don't know, I don't change it"
[3:35pm] expects a popup calendar for author date
[3:35pm] Wants a popup calendar in authoring information.
[3:35pm] Clicked sticky at top of lists as well.
[3:36pm] Unchecked 'show summary in full view.
[3:36pm] Trying to split the teaser for the front page.
[3:36pm] looking at cmment settings "who can write"?
[3:36pm] No descriptions on comment settings radios
[3:37pm] ISSUE: No hint for comment permissions on comment settings.
[3:37pm] seems like he was expecting menu settings to be the first vertical tab
[3:37pm] "Ahh this is what I was looking for" - menu settings.
[3:38pm] maybe put preview below the form
[3:38pm] Wants a per-node setting for authoring information.
[3:39pm] and to be able to select it in the authoring information
[3:39pm] No menu item shown for preview.
[3:39pm] ISSUE ^^^^^^
[3:40pm] "Maybe that will come later"
[3:41pm] wants to be able to create his home page.
[3:43pm] "I was expecting to start from here" (admin/content/node)
[3:44pm] Even when he has content available on the home page, chooses to go to admin/content/node to edit it.
[3:45pm] Just found primary links menu - expects Navigation to be the "Main menu"
[3:45pm] GENERAL ISSUE: Anything created which magically appears on the page confuses the hell out of people.
[3:46pm] POSSIBLE SOLUTION: Updated highlights in the theme.

TASK 3:

straight to admin/build/menu
[3:47pm] Choosing secondary menu, clicked on it immediately.
[3:49pm] BUG: undefined index for invalid paths in menu item creation.
[3:49pm] Drag and drop WIN.
[3:50pm] admin/build/block to move the menu - but then adds a new block.
[3:50pm] Adding a 'left menu' block.
[3:50pm] Created a block, but hasn't enabled it yet.
[3:51pm] Thinks his "Left menu" block is showing up now - as "Left sidebar"
[3:51pm] Worked out it's disabled, but keeps clicking configure to enable it.
[3:51pm] Looking for "enable"
[3:53pm] "ohhhh" - puts the block into the left region.
[3:53pm] Didn't save the blocks page...
[3:53pm] "Why this disappeared now"?
[3:53pm] I don't understand how I lost this.
[3:56pm] ISSUE: menu name/description are crappy again.
[3:58pm] Created a left menu but it doesn't show up on the left.
[3:59pm] didnt add any items to the menu
[3:59pm] Moved the left menu block to the left sidebar, but it doesn't have any items in it, so the block is hidden.
[3:59pm] SOLUTION: if a menu is empty, say "this menu is empty" as the block content.
[4:00pm] and "add menu item to this menu"
[4:00pm] oh yes.
[4:00pm] Creating an article to put it on the right side.
[4:01pm] given up on article, going to admin/build/block
[4:01pm] blooooock.
[4:02pm] Blocks win again.
[4:05pm] "What is node? What is node? Node is a kinky term"
[4:05pm] "I was not able to figure out role, vs. group"