WOW! Looks great. The graphs are very nice, I like the watch list, quick and easy. Well done :thumbsup:

Edit: Saw the Most Active Members, I like that better

I like how the communities sections includes the other sites in one pane - it would be nice down the road to have that as a consistent feature on all the sites.

I rarely use the home page myself but for a new user I'm not sure how much value the traffic report would provide. Having the user's watch list in that position may be more useful.

Will there be an option to hide / collapse items? I like the top 5 list - is that based on replies or views? Also with the Online Now section are there any plans to expand that (i.e. see who's online?)

Hi, Dave,

Yes. We would also like to implement SSO between VMware Communities and VMworld.com.
I guess this depends on who you talk to; user preference. But we do have watch list directly beneath the stats in the center column. I think you next suggestion may address this.
In a future release, yes. This is, of course, just the first iteration. We wanted to replace the old, boring, static Community tab page as soon as possible. Now we have a foundation on which to build additional features based on what our community members want to see, and what is technically feasible. Expand/Collapse would also allow a user who doesn't care about traffic, for example, to quickly see the watch list beneath it.

The Top 5 list is based on views, I believe. Let me double-check that. Re: the Online Now section, what would you like to see? Who's Online is already a link below "Welcome, <name>." It takes you to the People-> Who's Online tab, since we can't possibly list everyone on this page.

Thanks for the great feedback!

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Badsah Mukherji
VMware Web Communities Team

Dave,

Today's Top 5 is based on the number of replies in the last 24 hours. We are hoping to capture the latest hot topics that users are writing about.

The option to hide / collapse items is definately on the list. Like Badsah said, this is only the first version.

Please submit more ideas and suggestions to this thread and help us mold the next version. We want this page to be very user centric, so your input is greatly appreciated!

Cheers,

Keith Shaw
Web Developer
VMware, Inc.

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Badsah Mukherji
VMware Web Communities Team

So if I get 3 gold coins on the slots I win a free VC license?

In part I was wondering if the " VIOPS Members Online – 1 " link was meant to link to something besides the home page.

Would there be any plans to widen the page / columns? On my laptop about half the page (i.e. to the left and right of the content) is whitespace.

Last night I experienced a complete browser crash (firefox 2.0017 on 2k3-sp2) while strolling around in the virtual Lounge. I'll try to find the site again and report it

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