[8]
[16] Posted: 25.04.2008, 00:28
Hello everyone.
My name is Carlos Mauro Cardenas Fernandez. I am a participant GSOC Steffen Voß is my mentor and I will be participating in the project: Accessability Overhaul & Usability. I am studying systems engineering at the National University of Engineering from Peru. And here detail parts of my project so superficial. I am collecting information from both the documentation [17], forums and tracker on the usability of PostNuke. Some comments are very bold. I hope to have a good job in that project.
I hope many comments...
Usability & Accessability Overhaul
My motivation
I'm develop my thesis about the usability software and I want to join in the project and help with 'GSOC: Usability & Accessability Overhaul'. I know the theory about usability and test usability.
My critera to cover the project are:
* Recommendations of the mentors and community PostNuke.
* Use patterns and best practices recommended in Web usability like: W3C and WAI, YUI Patterns, WebDesign.
* Make a Template Quiz for the evaluation as module for Test Usability... If time permits.
The criteria for the evaluation usability are:
- Comparison of controls on Good Practices or patterns Usability on the Web.
- Include improvements within the Framework.
- Create a guide to improve and documenting findings to the community PostNuke.
- Other Projects :D... If they do so and improve copy.
Therefore the project will make based on the study of each graphical interface in the minimum instalation of postnuke. Who versión?... i will use he .8 ...
Design goals
.1 Usability
To improve the usability of Postnuke i will work graphical interfaces suggested some of the modules and the framwork which are used in the forms. Attempts to put in these modules some good practices and standards for Web usability.
I will Work with what is necessary XHTML, CSS, Ajax whether it is possible to implement and methodically.
2 Accessibility and conformance
For the accessibility i take the the Guidelines and techniques. After the programing process. I will make a list for test usability. I will Choose 6 to 7 CMS users to test usability with the corrections.
The proceeds will help create iterations for each test.
3 Maintainability
Maintenance may accelerate taking intoaccount that at the end of the draft the conclusions will be made in the form of best practices for Web usability postnuke. I will help in the incorporation and supporting of usability guide line in other modules postnuke.
4 Module Test Usability -
I think it is necessary to support improvements in usability postnuke creating a module for testing usability.
This assures us that the recommendations made help improve the usability of postnuke.
Probably the need to collect data from the test usability need to implement a new module. A module that will have the following:
- Creation of Usability Test
My tools:
* Webserver (e.g. Apache)
* Database (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL or Oracle)
* PHP 5
* Latest version of PostNuke .8 ... :S
* Programming editor (either a comprehensive IDE like Eclipse with PDT or a text editor with syntax highlighting)
Planning Project
I sent the draft with a plan. Now I want to change it, especially since I read forums during these days and interest is very varied. I hope to finish the plan in 3 weeks, according to the requirements of users and developers more experienced postnuke. So I hope input from the community.
--
I belive in the love of the humans
[18]
[19]
