[TYPO3-hci] The Constant Triptichon

[Quentin Dewhurst]

Hi all,

Yes this is something i have often thought about - the templavoila solution 
attempted to address this but was/is still not as flexible as it could be. 
having user definable areas in a) the HTML template and then b) the backend 
interface (left,normal,right and border) also being configurable perhaps as 
a visual abstraction of the actual website template(s) itself depending on 
which page you are then viewing, for example the template layout could well 
be parsed into the backend and then represented visually for the user to 
select which area to edit or add content elements - once clicking the area 
you could be taken to an entirely seperate screen with for example 'main 
content' as its heading only showing items for that one particular content 
area.

Currently you may well have a typo3 install where 'border' places content in 
an area that has no relevance to the term 'border' whatsoever and certainly 
no clear visual representation of its place on the actual page.

Another issue is the placement of elements themselves - you can give an 
element a title, which is great - but this title appears on the website as 
well as the backend - what would be greater (when the need arrises to 
re-order elements on the page) would also be to have labels that you can 
give elements in the backend that do not appear on the website at all but 
can be used as visual clues as to a cryptic HTML element or plugin's (etc.) 
identity without having to drill further down.

I'm finding it hard to clearly put into words what i mean by all this mabe 
we should start a wiki discussion where we can do screenshot mockups etc.?

Cheers, Quentin.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phillip" <t3hci at projekte.richdale.de>
To: "TYPO3 human computer interaction team" 
<typo3-team-hci at lists.netfielders.de>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:19 PM
Subject: [TYPO3-hci] The Constant Triptichon


> One thing that bothers me about T3 (front and backend) is the
> obnoxious Triptichon paradigm. Left, Normal, Right, Border. Enforcing
> (at least verbaly) left-aligned 1999ish column layouts. Naming should
> be more abstract (Segments) and one should be able to define the
> amount of Layout segments by oneself. I know this is yet another
> architecture thing, but one that is once again strongly tied to
> backend usability.
>
> Shouldn't we start shedding that in the backend already? I mean,
> Triptichon Layout could be something like a default preset, but
> naming and layout of the "Move Element" view should be customizable
> to fit the templated grid.
>
> Am I making sense here? Comments please.
>
> Phillip
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