By Mike Kritzer on 2025-11-04 22:21 in Marketing Team

Date: Thursday, 23rd October 2025, 10:04-11:35 GMT-07:00
Attendees: Harald Leithner, Mike Kritzer, Outreach DC OSM, Viviana Menzel, Cyril Rezé, Tom van der Laan, Emmanuel Lemor

Next steps

* Designer to wait for the Rutgers study results before proceeding with design work.
* Emmanuel suggests creating a context-sensitive menu that adapts based on user type to enhance user experience.
* Cyril tis working on a Joomla video template to facilitate video content management.

Topics & Highlights

1. Discussion on Media Kit Creation
* Decision The team agreed to create a global media kit for Joomla that includes logos, colors, and typefaces.

2. Design Elements and Features
* Fact The design features include rounded corners and a lighter background for a more professional look.
* Concern There is uncertainty about the necessity of large images for releases.
* Decision The footer will display sponsors in a less prominent manner.

3. User Interface Design Feedback
* Concern Cyril raised concerns about missing security and accessibility features in the design.
* Concern Cyril expressed that stock photos lack personality and do not represent the community well.
* Decision The team agreed that the design should incorporate more personal and illustrative elements instead of stock photos.
* Concern Outreach DC OSM suggested making the design visually interesting by slightly misaligning elements.

4. User Interface Design Concerns
* Concern Viviana Menzel raised concerns about the clarity of mobile navigation and the two-click solution being non-intuitive.
* Next steps Emmanuel Lemor suggested creating a user-specific walkthrough to simplify navigation based on user type.
* Concern Harald Leithner expressed that moving elements can be distracting and annoying for users.

5. Joomla 6 Website Navigation Issues
* Concern Cyril raised concerns about the difficulty of navigating with two main menus on the Joomla 6 website.
* Concern Harald expressed uncertainty about the importance of the download placement in the navigation.
* Concern Emmanuel criticized the current design of the Drupal website, indicating it lacks excitement and coherence.

6. Discussion on Website Design Factors
* Decision Participants agree that a beautiful design is important, but it should not compromise functionality.
* Concern Cyril mentions that a wow factor can come from simple yet unique design details.
* Next steps Emmanuel suggests creating a context-sensitive menu that adapts based on user type to enhance user experience.

7. Joomla Video Template Creation
* Decision Agreement on using Canva for creating consistent video templates and assets to make it easy to share with other Joomlers.
* Task Cyril to create a Joomla video template to facilitate video content management.