We are asking folks to help us conduct a simple usability test on our community infrastructure:
How to help:
If you have not had the opportunity to evaluable a working copy of Backdrop CMS in the last 12 months:
- DO NOT read the comments here until you finished the test.
- Attempt to accomplish the following scenario
- Post a comment below with feedback about how easy or difficult it was to accomplish this task and any ideas you have for making it easier.
Scenario:
You would like access to a sandbox site to evaluate Backdrop CMS to see what features it comes with 'out of the box" without having to install it yourself.
Recent comments
This is a really good idea. I nearly always search on GitHub if I'm not sure of the name. That said, there is still room for improvement in GitHub as many repos have a useless description...
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I'd suggest module search to get discussed as a possible top priority. Our module search page on backdropcms.org doesn't do a good job. Neither does the module search on admin/...
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Hi Jochen You could test https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/commerce_invoice_receipt which doesn't yet have a release, but may meet your needs when combined with other modules to generate...
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