CUNY Academic Commons

Here are some comps for adding in clearer buttons for Create actions:

1. 1. Homepage: Rename the link "create a new space" to "create a new site or group", Add a button in the shortcut tool bar, in the group section, and in the site section: https://share.getcloudapp.com/QwudLBLD. Notation: https://share.getcloudapp.com/nOubRQRQ
2. 2. Groups & Sites: Replace the link with a button in the top right: https://share.getcloudapp.com/wbuQz5kx

Hi Sara, realized this ticket got a little buried, but your suggestions seem great to me. Laurie/Matt, what do you think?

I'm adding Boone and Ray as watchers. I realize it's late to be adding to our fall release scope, but perhaps they can see whether this is small enough to fit in once we're in agreement on the implementation.

I like the

1.Homepage:
a. Rename the link "create a new space" to "create a new site or group",
b. Add a button in the shortcut tool bar
2. Groups & Sites: Replace the link with a button in the top right

I am on the fence about 1.c in the group section,and d. and in the site section:

I think c and d take away from the "discover more link" which if clicked, a user will see those new buttons outlined in #2

None of what's suggested here is technically difficult, and it should be possible to include in the fall release if we can settle on scope soon.

A few thoughts:

- I agree with Laurie that the "Create" buttons on the homepage Groups and Sites sections (1d) feels like overkill, and distracts from the Discover links. In any case, people don't create groups and sites nearly as frequently as they use them, so I don't think we need to overemphasize on the homepage.
- If we do go with 1d, we'll need some thoughts about mobile treatment. Those Discover links drop down below the horizontal scroll on narrow screens.
- I agree with Laurie that the button treatment under 1c is a bit too striking visually (for similar reasons to my point above). IMO it's reasonable to have the link there, but it should just look like the other links.
- The button treatment on the Groups and Sites directories, in contrast, makes a lot of sense to me.

Consolidating here, I think we're on board with:

- Replace the link with a button on Group and Site directories, see treatment:
Mockup: https://share.getcloudapp.com/wbuQz5kx

- Rename upper personal homepage shortlink to Create New Site or Group
- Add a create link in the shortcut bar, not a button though (need to update links going back to #14217)
Mockups: https://share.getcloudapp.com/nOubRQRQ

And decided against:

- New homepage create button on homepage next to discover link (in mockups above)

Thanks, Laurie. I've added a bit of space in https://github.com/cuny-academic-commons/cac/commit/358f84ece2fbe051eaea7d96e0a9ad6f6e85b285