A company I am contracting to asked me today if I had a way to visualise how a Joomla website would be structured, what components would go into etc.

I have made all kinds of templates over the years. But one that has worked best for me is this one (excel file).

It is an excel document that includes a template showing the build up and architecture of a website, and a template for estimating the cost of building the site. The example used is for Joomla but any website build can be used.

The visualisation shows the various layers from database and programming language to CMS, components, modules, plugins and the number of templates that needs to be built for each. It also includes another layer for external apps that needs to be integrated.

Let me know if it comes in handy.