Developer Dave Tosh just contacted me to let me know that I could start publishing screen shots of the Elgg 1.0 user interface. Pete Harris, the Elgg design guru has done a great job! While it is still a work in progress, I’ve seen an evolution of design in the past week as the Elgg team drive the code toward release.
In an earlier post I discussed a drag and drop widget user interface through which the profile (public view) and the dashboard (private) can be customized. Here is a view of my profile:
The main body and side bar can be configured in any number of ways using widgets. The only fixed features are the actual profile on the top of the main body and the left side navigation menu. The private side, the dashboard, has the same options without the profile section. The widgets may be accessed by clicking “Customise Layout” on the top of the right side bar.
To install a widget simply go to the widget gallery on the right side, click on the four direction arrow on any of the widgets and drag it to the main contnet area widgets or the sidebar widgets. If you are unsure of the function of an individual widget, simply click on the “i” icon. The widgets can be added, removed, and reordered by a simple drag and drop.
Once the widgets are in place, you can further customize them by clicking the edit button on the top right side of each widget. When clicked, aconfiguration menu drops done from the widget header bar with your options. Options vary depending upon the widget, but here is an example:
All widgets can be configured to be private or to various degrees of public giving the user fine tune to access.
That’s a first look at the Elgg 1.0 interface. More will be coming soon.
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