[katello-devel] Initial Dashboard Page Thoughts

[Ohad Levy]

On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 16:17 -0600, Jason Rist wrote:
> Some thoughts on the initial Dashboard page.
> 
> Assuming a system administrator has just installed Katello from RPM and
> has just started the Katello service via command line.
> 
> I thought it would be wise to have an initial set of information that
> could guide the user toward setting up and utilizing Katello.
> 
> 1.) If they have no Users or Roles yet, there could be some indication
> of that and an ability to go there via link.
> 2.) If they have no Environments set up or they want to change their
> Default Organization, we should show them "You currently have a single
> Organization and it's 'Default_Org' - do you want to edit it and add
> some Environments?"
> 3.) If they have no subscriptions set up for a Red Hat provider or no
> Custom Provider (yet), the system would also show that and perhaps give
> a small walkthrough with info.
> 4.) If they have no content sync'd I thnk it's important to do two things:
> 	i.) Show them the directory (server?) where their content will be
> stored once they sync.  I've already encountered full disks due to
> syncing too much content to a drive that wasn't ready to handle it.
> 	ii.) Give them an indication of how to do this, along with sync plans
> and schedules.
>   Obviously this would not show if they don't have any custom products
> or a redhat provider with subscriptions and a valid provider url set up.
> 5.) If they have no systems registered, it could help to show them that
> and then point them in the direction of getting systems registered.
> This could be via the command line or via the Web UI.
> 6.) A small tutorial or some simple documentation to get them going on a
> Promotion once they've done 2 and 3, 4 (and maybe 5?).
> 
> Obviously these would go away as they "accomplish" the tasks
> (Achievement Unlocked!), or they can dismiss them outright.
> 
> I'm sure I will think of more and you guys probably have some ideas as
> well, but I thought this is a.) a better use of the Dashboard page for
> the time being and b.) a welcoming beginning to using Katello.
> 
> -J

Good ideas!
In foreman, each page has a welcome page, which gets generated
automatically if that page has no data to display.

For example, assuming you dont have any system inventory details, you
would get some details / links with additional setup information.

Ohad