What does your Be Communities homepage look like?

Care to share and describe why you have set it up that way?

For example, here is what I have:

(just so happens to be the "site default") Why? Well, mainly because I am "briefly reminded" about what the site is about and where to find entry points to places I have access to and have an interest regarding (e.g. everything in the left column). The right two-thirds is where I can quickly find the latest featured and posted content (not only in the forums, but across the site, since there is likely to be really informative stuff in the wikis, blogs, files, etc.)

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  • How come you don't have the big blue widget with 'new user?','already a member', etc? Mines locked so I can't remove!

  • The screen shot in the original post is of the default, unmodified homepage. That has gone through changes since the "new" site came online (although it has been a while since anything was moved, added, locked, etc.) If you customized your homepage before subsequent changes to widgets were made to the site default, then you will likely not see any of the subsequent changes, at least not without reverting to the default and then adding the customizations back in. Trying to merge widget changes and resolve potential conflicts in a system like this would be very complicated and would likely cause problems.

      

  • Unknown said:

    The screen shot in the original post is of the default, unmodified homepage. That has gone through changes since the "new" site came online (although it has been a while since anything was moved, added, locked, etc.) If you customized your homepage before subsequent changes to widgets were made to the site default, then you will likely not see any of the subsequent changes, at least not without reverting to the default and then adding the customizations back in. Trying to merge widget changes and resolve potential conflicts in a system like this would be very complicated and would likely cause problems.

    How are we supposed to keep up with changes to the home page if we haveb't been notified? Or have we been notified and I missed it?

  • stuartw said:

    OK here's mine.

    My customised home page has just changed. Instead of the layout shown below I now have a Activity Message List below the Featured Content widget. This Activity Message List is basically the same Site Activity widget but without the Messages tab.

    Has the Default home page been updated and why does it effect my customised one?

    Edit. After checking I have the Featured Content widget shown twice now, and the 'welcome to be communities' widget is back!!

  • stuartw said:
     

    My customised home page has just changed. Instead of the layout shown below I now have a Activity Message List below the Featured Content widget. This Activity Message List is basically the same Site Activity widget but without the Messages tab.

    Has the Default home page been updated and why does it effect my customised one?

    Edit. After checking I have the Featured Content widget shown twice now, and the 'welcome to be communities' widget is back!!

    Please note that I have tried to customise the Home page and found that the Tag Cloud and Welcome to BE Communities widgets can't be removed!

    Why this change now, and when do we get it back as it was? I have no need for these widgets as they take up way too much space.

    How do I get rid of the secong Featured Contents list as they both have the same information?

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  • stuartw said:
     

    My customised home page has just changed. Instead of the layout shown below I now have a Activity Message List below the Featured Content widget. This Activity Message List is basically the same Site Activity widget but without the Messages tab.

    Has the Default home page been updated and why does it effect my customised one?

    Edit. After checking I have the Featured Content widget shown twice now, and the 'welcome to be communities' widget is back!!

    Please note that I have tried to customise the Home page and found that the Tag Cloud and Welcome to BE Communities widgets can't be removed!

    Why this change now, and when do we get it back as it was? I have no need for these widgets as they take up way too much space.

    How do I get rid of the secong Featured Contents list as they both have the same information?

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