I combine the previous three to built my Wireframe in order to do some testing.
Home Page
I would like the main page to introduce the site, without looking like a welcome page. A simple series of pictures should show what it is about. The first image should invite to Login/Register
if the user press Search, Post, Events or Board with out Login, the link would take then to the Login Page. The header looks busy. I will delete Freegle's moto, as I will be using some images to present what it is about. For example.
Check this elements for my landing page.
Think about change the header to look like more Amazon of ebay.
Login Page
The design doesn't look balance
I can consider bring it the header more together, it give a sense of intimacy/privacy.
We established that WordPress is slightly more user-friendly and entails less of a learning curve if you’re a web newbie.
I also suggested that WordPress may be your best choice if you’re starting a blog/content-driven site, whereas Joomla may be better for static or corporate sites and things like intranets, with eBay being a prime exponent of that.
We also discussed the fact that WordPress themes are generally designed with a specific purpose in mind; usually content curation/blogging. Joomla templates seem to be designed to be a lot more versatile.
Joomla’s structure is more intuitive than WordPress’ once you get the hang of it.
There is no hiding from the fact that WordPress is substantially better for SEO than Joomla. While Joomla isn’t horrible in the SEO department, it can be a bit of a hassle to get 100% right.
Joomla, on the other hand, really is trying to foster its community. The website is really attractive and intuitive, it has a number of great initiatives on the go and its support forum is phenomenal.
it’s not as customizable as the other systems, and it has a reputation for being prone to security holes.
WordPress is generally best-suited for sites with relatively simple requirements, or where the users responsible for content-posting or site administration are not technically proficient.
To build custom themes from scratch, you’ll need a solid grasp of CSS and at least an entry-level understanding of PHP
Joomla
It’s more customizable than WordPress
It has a sizable developer community, but the selection of add-ons is relatively limited—about 7600 compared with 25,000 for Drupal and 30,000 for WordPress.
Install Joomla
Link to install Joomla, however I need to do some stuff first.
What do I need to consider before paying a host: (Marriot, J. 2011. The official Joomla {book})
Does the host meet or exceed the recommended technical requirements for running your Joomla! site?
Does the host offer the customer support options that are important to you such as e-mail, phone, or live chat?
What is the online reputation of the host?
What is the host offering in terms of storage space and bandwidth limits?
Be careful of “oversellers.” Overselling is a term used for shared hosting services companies (many individual hosting accounts share one server) that sell server storage space and bandwidth in excess of the actual capacity they have available, in the hopes that the individuals will each not utilize all of the storage and bandwidth sold to them.
What are the host’s server and service uptime statistics and/or guarantee, as well as security record? Can they articulate their security practices, equipment failure mitigation protocol, data storage, and backup procedures?
I tried to customise users and Login setting and I couldn't open my administrator page, so I installed everything again. This time I'm going to start to work with menus as they give the structure to my website:
Menu
I download these extensions:
JEvents
"JEvents is a long established Events calendar and listing addon for Joomla - and was first released over 8 years ago when Joomla was born! JEvents consists of a number of modules and plugins for Joomla!. It is highly configurable and customisable with a long list of addons available to extend its. This makes JEvents is the ideal choice for your websites." http://www.jevents.net also I looked to some templates with the layout that I want. Leather craft got a sticky menu with Login at the top
http://ja-bookshop.demo.joomlart.com JA Biz have a side menu for the pictures, a link into the picture an the top menu, however I would like sticky top menu.
"Responsive Joomla template for Joomla 3 - Purity III is a powerful Free Joomla template for any Joomla lover. Much like its name, Purity III stands out as a simplicity Joomla template and a great starter theme to craft your site from scratch with multiple layouts per your need. Simplicity though highly compatible, Purity III works in perfect sync with most of the popular 3rd party Joomla extensions, such as: EasySocial, EasyDiscuss, EasyBlog, JomSocial, Mijoshop, Kunena, and etc." http://www.joomlart.com/forums/downloads.php?do=cat&id=519 http://www.joomlart.com/documentation/joomla-templates/purity-iii
Build your own page
Step 1: Clone the default style
When you install Purity III template, there is only one style: the default style. However, you can create an unlimited number of different styles for your template.
To create a new style in Purity III, open the template manager panel, select Purity III default style then hit the Duplicate button.
On the demo site, we have already duplicated a number of styles for different layouts.
Step 2: Assign layout to the newly created style
Open the new style then select the respective layout that you want to assign to.
Step 3: Assign menu type
Now open menu item that you have assigned to the newly created style to configure it.
We add new menu type for each layout, so you have to select the correct menu type.
Page
Layout
Menu type
Blog page
blog
xLayout-Blog
Magazine page
magazine
xLayout - Magazine
Coperate page
coperate
Category Blog
Portfolio
portfolio
xLayout - Portfolio
Features Intro 1
features-intro-1
xLayout - Features Intro
Features Intro 2
features-intro-2
No specific menu type is required
Glossary page
default
xLayout - Glossary
Here is the list of all extented menu types:
xLayout-Blog
xLayout-Features Intro
xLayout-Grossary
xLayout-Magazine
xLayout-Portfolio
Step 4: Assign style to each menu item
This is called "style override". The menu item that is assigned to a specific style will have the style override the default style.
There are 2 ways to assign style to menu items: in the style back-end setting or in the setting panel of menu item.
