[Pods 2.0 UI] Dashboard
I realize there was a thread started in the Q&A section of the site, but let’s get a more organized conversation going here. I’ve spent some time thinking about the Pods Dashboard and come up with something along the lines of:
Pods 2.0 Dashboard (jchristopher)
My thought process here was to provide, in a way, a nice hub for both novice and veterans users of Pods. It can also act as a central information area for all things going on with Pods, much like the WordPress dashboard itself.
I put in some time on this only to realize that some other people have put in even more time, so perhaps those other contributors could post their ideas and comps to date and we can start hashing out a more detailed direction in which to go. Looking forward to it!
sc0ttkclark 4:05 pm on October 17, 2010 Permalink
I’d like to see Kyle’s latest comps posted here too, he had some good ideas in terms of a dashboard that’s more site-driven vs external feeds / links. Dashboard things I liked from his comps were counts of Pods / Content / Helpers / Pages / etc..
Let’s get on this pretty hardcore this month, we need to get frontend to implement in 2.0 core ASAP as the PodAdmin class.
jchristopher 4:05 pm on October 17, 2010 Permalink
I remember seeing some great stuff in the Q&A thread, so yes, hopefully Kyle is able to post his ideas soon and we can start nailing stuff down on a “for sure need to keep” list.
thecorkboard 11:32 am on October 18, 2010 Permalink
Hey, how much of this stuff do you think could be ported into a help/support admin page?
sc0ttkclark 11:39 am on October 18, 2010 Permalink
It would be great to have a ‘Support’ Dashboard like this on our actual site!
chriscarvache 5:40 pm on October 17, 2010 Permalink
Cool layout – nice and clean. I like how this view offers a high level view of what’s going on in the community. Elaborating on that idea, why not have more information on what’s going on with the actual Pods on the site?
This way users can see more of an overview on their content rather than what’s going on only with the software. Maybe users will have the ability to see recently added content on the dashboard. User would also have the ability to select which Pod would appear on the dashboard too. This way certain smaller Pods like states, ingredients, and colors don’t have to appear on the dashboard and only site specific Pods like Venues, Recipes, and Widgets can be displayed.
Just my 2 cents…
thecorkboard 11:31 am on October 18, 2010 Permalink
I like how you’ve fleshed that out. It does remove the quick content creation buttons that I had in my mockup and the analytics I was thinking about. But maybe a Dashboard isn’t meant to be a content creation area?
What I think might help with this is splitting up the UI projects into different areas and assigning some folks to work on those parts so we don’t overlap until we need to.
Also, I use Keynote to do mockups – including the Pods stuff. If anyone wants this file just reply here with your e-mail and I’ll shoot you a link.
Harley 12:31 am on October 19, 2010 Permalink
I’d like the link. txsoccerstar@gmail.com
davidangel 4:33 pm on October 18, 2010 Permalink
Cool. The chat link could autofill the username field with wordpress user’s name. It’s the little things…
Harley 12:30 am on October 19, 2010 Permalink
This is exactly what I was thinking. Good idea. I side with @chriscarvache about having some of the user’s content displayed on the overview page as well. Let’s make it easy to add and remove things on there so the user can add/remove them at will.