Design/UX #22139
openNavigating to Commons Profile from Logged in home page
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Hi All,
A weird thing I have noticed is that if you have set up a public CV, there is an extra (and I think confusingly unnecessary) step a user must take to get to their commons profile from the logged in home page.
When I am in the logged in home page (screenshot Home) and I click "View/edit profile" (screenshot 2) I am taken to my public CV. This does not happen for users who have not set up a CV. But if a user does have a CV, they then have to click "view commons activity" or "view account settings" to get to the profile and menu with these options (screenshot 3).
I think this is confusing - shouldn't a user be brought to their profile when they click "edit profile" and then they can opt in to seeing their CV through their profile. What i am suggesting is that the flow as it is now screenshots 1,2,3 would make more sense as 1,3,2. More often than not, I am trying to access my profile, not my public CV and I think the profile area is generally more important to provide direct access to from the home page than the CV.
What do others think?
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Updated by Laurie Hurson 4 months ago
- File Screenshot 1 Home.png Screenshot 1 Home.png added
- File screenshot 2 CV.png screenshot 2 CV.png added
- File screenshot 3 activity.png screenshot 3 activity.png added
Updated by Colin McDonald 4 months ago
Hi Laurie, thanks for reporting this. I am sure Sara will have some thoughts about it. In the meantime, I am curious what you would say you are usually trying to do when you want to access your profile. Is it usually your settings?
Updated by Laurie Hurson 4 months ago
I think typically I am trying to access my "invitations" (which has no direct access in the black admin bar...), though I know I can also get to the invites from clicking notifications, but sometimes (for a variety of reasons) I am trying to get to commons profile to view or check something.
Updated by Sara Cannon 2 months ago
For clarity on the logged in homepage side menu, it makes sense to be more clear on what takes you to your Profile vs CV vs Account settings (like what is in the drop down in the black bar)
- My Profile https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/scannon/activity/
- Account Settings https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/scannon/profile/change-avatar/
- View/Edit CV https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/scannon
Is this what you were thinking @laurie?
Updated by Laurie Hurson 2 months ago
Yes! Thanks for clarifying. I do think a separate links to Profile and Account settings make sense.
Updated by Colin McDonald 19 days ago
- Related to Design/UX #22806: Misleading menu options on homepage regarding profile and CV added
Updated by Colin McDonald 19 days ago
Raffi pointed out some similar issues in #22806, which I just added as a related ticket. We are close to resolving this, right? My only concern is that the list of links is getting a little longer, with a new one being added here. Maybe the Account Settings one isn't crucial here, especially because it's duplicated in the toolbar menu in the upper-right corner (though others of these links are there too).
Sara, what do you think? Let us know and hopefully we can get this released soon.