[katello-devel] Initial Dashboard Page Thoughts

[Jason Rist]

On 07/26/2011 01:32 AM, Ohad Levy wrote:
> 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
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Yeah, there are helptips on each page as well for when there is "empty"
data on a page.

-J

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