D7UX Project Goals 1. Make the most frequent tasks easy and less frequent tasks achievable. 2. Design for the 80% 3. Privilege the Content Creator 4. Make the default settings smart d7ux.org
Use Rules or Login Redirect Modules to send your content editors where they need to be. ● http://drupal.org/project/rules ● http://drupal.org/project/login_redirect Basics: Redirect Users After Actions
Workbench == Dashboard on steroids ● Show Your Edits ● Workflow Moderation ● Content Revisioning (including unpublished drafts) ● Manage Access via Menu or Taxonomy Next Step: Workbench PROTIP: You can also modify Workbench's views with VBO!
Simple: Better Formats Module Better Formats Module ● Set default text formats per role ● Set default text formats per field ● http://drupal.org/project/better_formats
Useful: Drupal 7 (Core) Shortcut Bar Drupal 7's core shortcuts rock! ● Admin can edit user's shortcuts ● Assign a shortcut set to a role using "Shortcut per Role" module (http://drupal. org/project/shortcutperrole)
Simple: Publish_Button Publish Button Module ● Adds Publish/Unpublish button to node/add ● Be sure to set content type's default to 'Not Published' ● http://drupal.org/project/publish_button
Views UI: Edit Basic Settings Views UI: Edit Basic Settings module ● Allows Content Editors to easily edit the header, footer, and empty text of a view! ● http://drupal.org/project/views_ui_basic
Freakin' Awesome: VBO Views Bulk Operations ● Enables Admin to create administrative blocks that enable... bulk operations! ● Can add to Dashboard ● Don't have to use table- view display in D7
Cool: Contextual Filters on Views Rows Contextual Filters on Views Rows == Awesomeness! ● Not a module ● Enables content editor to easily edit entities that are displayed within a view
Easier Errors: Field/ Clientside Validation ● Field Validation - Allows admin to create extremely specific validation rules within Fields (http://drupal. org/project/field_validation) ● Clientside Validation - enables validation without page reload and more (http://drupal.org/project/clientside_validation)
Easy Win: Enable Revisions on your Content types Default your content types to create new revisions (not enabled by default)! PROTIP: You can hide the Revision Log using the Node Form Settings module
The Holy (D7) Grail: Spark Spark Distribution ● Being developed by Acquia ● Intended to test authoring experience improvements in Drupal 7 on real sites with real users and real content. ● Inline editing, true WYSIWYG, responsive layout builder, new admin theme, and more!