Community groups

Aim: Adapt the design in accordance to CI
Make the group appealing, easy and seamless to navigate without
Make it mobile first

@Yacine Belarbi

 

  1. Elements

    1. Group title, explanation, banner

    2. Button: Enter the group or reject the invite

    3. Last activity, type of group: at the top of the group

    4. Announcements (e.g. featured posts)

    5. Discussions: last 5 discussions visible, rest goes to page 2, 3, etc. - main side

    6. Questions and answers - main side

    7. Polls - main side

    8. Moderator of the group - space to the right with the picture of the moderator (space for 2 people)

      1. Picture, name, email

    9. Events (upcoming and past) - right hand-side

    10. Overview of all users in the group - right hand-side

    11. Invitations for users - at the bottom

Not possible:

  • Leaderboard: top 3 users according to number of discussions - on the right hand-side - not possible

  1. Changes

    1. Design acc. to CI

  2. Considerations

    1. Desktop

    2. Mobile

      1. Not scroll too long

 

Example groups:

https://community.smartsheet.com/group/27-workapps https://community.smartsheet.com/group/23-user-groups

Link

Element

Like

Screenshot

Link

Element

Like

Screenshot

https://community.smartsheet.com/group/23-user-groups

Group Leaders

Showcase the top 3 users in a “Most active users“ overview on the right hand-side

Group Leaders

https://community.nanit.com/groups

Group overview

Fields visible in each group overview includes most recent discussion in the open groups

 

https://solace.community/groups

Group overview

New groups section and popular groups section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Further feedback and inputs

  • a chat function within the group would be useful

  • inviting new members should be more visible → easy to find

  • the members who are pending to accept their invite take up too much space (make smaller, move to the side, …?)

  • is there a way to favor a group? the way you would favor a thread but with a group → to get specific notifications for updates, etc.

  • option to close discussions? → this is not important anymore, etc. so that the thread disappears or gets archived?