Project Requirement: The client selects a Joomla template.. and wants to get it customised..
SMART AIMS deliverables:
Designer’s perspective:
We start with a mockup.. try and get it to the point whereby the client is satisfied with it.. we go through multiple iterations.. and finally ..”The client selects and approves it”.
Developer’s Perspective:
The selected template is now to be integrated to Joomla.. a theme (layout) which is close to the one selected by the client is chosen and integrated.
The designer helps the developer it changing the backgrounds, css and implements the template as he had designed.
The developer now starts adding the modules/plugins that the template is supposed to have.. and changes the css for them appropriately to reflect the selected design.
Template Integration complete..
Added Requirements by the client:
Installed Joomla already. Use the current content and plugins into the Joomla template that we had built!
SMART AIMS Delivers yet again!
The brief this time just increased the work we had to do.. not within the scope of the project defined earlier.. but again.. being a customer oriented organisation we had to deliver.
The template was uploaded using the Joomla Administrative Section:
Log in to Administrative Section
- Click on Extensions > Install/Unistall
- Select the Zip file for the Template designed and click on Upload File and Install
- Go to Extensions > Template Manager and select the newly installed template.
Phew! and we thought it was over.. but the game had just begun.. the plugins which the client had incorporated in the earlier Joomla template.. added to our woes.. we had to work on the css and getting them into specific positions in the template! It took time and effort.. but we did get through and updated the same for our client.
Final Result:
A happy client who paid us for doing that bit extra!.. well it was not about money.. but the way we went about the work that the client was impressed with..
Get in touch with us if you have requirements and for a great customer experience!
