Guild Launch News
Version 6.6 Sneak Peak - Raid Signup Revamp
In Version 6.6 we will be revamping the Raid Signups process. Our primary goals with the revamp were the following:
1. Seperate admin needs from user needs more
2. Make it *look* better and less cluttered
3. Make the functions that are part of the normal user flow more accessible
4. Deemphasize, but keep accessible, less used functionality like templates
So, here is the first sneak peak of that revamp. This is the new "Overview" tab of the signups. On this page you can see the signup deadline, the raid name, the instructions, the confirmed attendees and the current signups. Like so:
Things to note:
1. If you don't use signup groups, they don't show at all here.
2. The buttons on the right all load popup forms to perform the functions. No scrolling, just click the button for what you want to do.
3. We've added a "Maybe" option
4. If you can't attend you no longer need to signup and then remove the signup. Just click the "Can't Attend" button.
5. Attendees are no longer shown in the both the removed and can attend area if you signup again. The note is appended with info on the status change and the character is always shown in the current status.
We're liking the way this new functionality is shaping up and we're confident this is going to make both admining and using signups easier for everyone.
Enjoy!
Stephen
1. Seperate admin needs from user needs more
2. Make it *look* better and less cluttered
3. Make the functions that are part of the normal user flow more accessible
4. Deemphasize, but keep accessible, less used functionality like templates
So, here is the first sneak peak of that revamp. This is the new "Overview" tab of the signups. On this page you can see the signup deadline, the raid name, the instructions, the confirmed attendees and the current signups. Like so:
Things to note:
1. If you don't use signup groups, they don't show at all here.
2. The buttons on the right all load popup forms to perform the functions. No scrolling, just click the button for what you want to do.
3. We've added a "Maybe" option
4. If you can't attend you no longer need to signup and then remove the signup. Just click the "Can't Attend" button.
5. Attendees are no longer shown in the both the removed and can attend area if you signup again. The note is appended with info on the status change and the character is always shown in the current status.
We're liking the way this new functionality is shaping up and we're confident this is going to make both admining and using signups easier for everyone.
Enjoy!
Stephen
Looks nice...
Would it be possible to move the "Cannot Attend" listing a bit lower so there's some separation from the whole list? It sort of blends together and the ADD Raid Leaders in my guild may just take a glance and expect that entire list to be possible attendees.
In addition making the namesSTRIKETHROUGH font would help...
Also, changing the "Maybe Attend" to "TENTATIVE" might be a bit more logical, hehehe...
Would it be possible to move the "Cannot Attend" listing a bit lower so there's some separation from the whole list? It sort of blends together and the ADD Raid Leaders in my guild may just take a glance and expect that entire list to be possible attendees.
In addition making the names
Also, changing the "Maybe Attend" to "TENTATIVE" might be a bit more logical, hehehe...
I'm thinking of changing them to:
Available
Tentative
Unavailable
This is one of the aspects we've been iterating over. The current titles are too similar.
We'll also be adding color grouping to the list on that page. Green, yellow, red.
-Stephen
Available
Tentative
Unavailable
This is one of the aspects we've been iterating over. The current titles are too similar.
We'll also be adding color grouping to the list on that page. Green, yellow, red.
-Stephen
Mithoron wrote:
The idea is that the overview page provides the highest level of info. The overview page shown here is the more user focused page. The admin tasks are on the other pages. We'll add a quick link from the raid detail page to there for Admins.
As an admin you'll be using the Signup Detail pages where the other info you asked about definitely still exists. We've refined that page a lot. The most pertinent info is a bit larger, and more organized, the table is no longer a jumble of info, the first 50 characters of the note is visible and the whole note is on a hover popup instead of a click. The page is presented considerably better while retaining the same info. I'll post a sneak peak of that page tomorrow or Friday once we've finished iterating over it.
The confirmed detail page is going to have a name change to be called "Group Detail" to maintain some nomenclature consistency. You use that tab to add and delete groups, and load groups from templates. Once you've created them, you move to the Signup Detail tab to assign members to groups. The signup detail also gives you the ability to add and remove users from groups, the layout is focused on the signups though.
Our basic idea was that most tasks would be available on each tab, though not all are because some don't make sense. The major change is that those tasks are performed within the context of the tab.
So, on the signup detail you see the signup info and you can assign a signup to a group. You can then remove the signup from a group if you want, but the group is listed on the signup. On this page you can't create groups.
When on the Group Detail you can add a group and you can remove a person from a group if you need to, but you can't assign people from this page.
The template tab deals with groups templates. Saving, deleting, lloading, etc. You can load a group from both the Group Detail and the Template tab.
Our expectated workflow is that a user comes to the overview page and signs up. They are done. If they need to change their status they click the button for that status, select the character and enter a new note if they want. The note is appended to the existing notes.
As an admin you can view the Overview to answer questions like "Do we even have enough signed up?" "What's the overall class breakdown?" "Have I setup the groups?" and it's very focused on that.
With a new raid you can then go to the Group Detail and setup the groups (which if you're using templates at raid creation are already done). You then move to signup detail and can do all the assignments.
I fully expect that there may be a few extra clicks involved in some of the workflow for admins. The net benefit though is that the pages *just work better* and require less scrolling and are more focused on the task at hand instead of being all lumped into one page. So I think the clarity that is achieved by separating them is worth an extra click occasionally to move between the tabs.
-Stephen
Also will the basic table that's currently there for sign-ups showing the specs, timestamps of signing up, etc. still be present? Those are invaluable...
The idea is that the overview page provides the highest level of info. The overview page shown here is the more user focused page. The admin tasks are on the other pages. We'll add a quick link from the raid detail page to there for Admins.
As an admin you'll be using the Signup Detail pages where the other info you asked about definitely still exists. We've refined that page a lot. The most pertinent info is a bit larger, and more organized, the table is no longer a jumble of info, the first 50 characters of the note is visible and the whole note is on a hover popup instead of a click. The page is presented considerably better while retaining the same info. I'll post a sneak peak of that page tomorrow or Friday once we've finished iterating over it.
The confirmed detail page is going to have a name change to be called "Group Detail" to maintain some nomenclature consistency. You use that tab to add and delete groups, and load groups from templates. Once you've created them, you move to the Signup Detail tab to assign members to groups. The signup detail also gives you the ability to add and remove users from groups, the layout is focused on the signups though.
Our basic idea was that most tasks would be available on each tab, though not all are because some don't make sense. The major change is that those tasks are performed within the context of the tab.
So, on the signup detail you see the signup info and you can assign a signup to a group. You can then remove the signup from a group if you want, but the group is listed on the signup. On this page you can't create groups.
When on the Group Detail you can add a group and you can remove a person from a group if you need to, but you can't assign people from this page.
The template tab deals with groups templates. Saving, deleting, lloading, etc. You can load a group from both the Group Detail and the Template tab.
Our expectated workflow is that a user comes to the overview page and signs up. They are done. If they need to change their status they click the button for that status, select the character and enter a new note if they want. The note is appended to the existing notes.
As an admin you can view the Overview to answer questions like "Do we even have enough signed up?" "What's the overall class breakdown?" "Have I setup the groups?" and it's very focused on that.
With a new raid you can then go to the Group Detail and setup the groups (which if you're using templates at raid creation are already done). You then move to signup detail and can do all the assignments.
I fully expect that there may be a few extra clicks involved in some of the workflow for admins. The net benefit though is that the pages *just work better* and require less scrolling and are more focused on the task at hand instead of being all lumped into one page. So I think the clarity that is achieved by separating them is worth an extra click occasionally to move between the tabs.
-Stephen