🛠️ Build Doc

Ward Sandler
Ward Sandler

Problem

  • Our current text editor (which we'd also use for future community posts & commenting) leaves a lot to be desired – can't embed images, rich media e.g. YouTube or add buttons.
  • For any robust content library, searching is fundamental and we've already heard numerous requests for it from stars and regular customers
  • Surfacing new content for members is important for them to get value from a content library, currently they have to manually check collections to see if something new was added or an admin needs to manually tell them
  • Using a word like "Collections" is limiting because it really only makes sense for content libraries and we plan to add other concepts in the future like community and courses.
  • The word "Favorites" is also limiting since many people use them more as bookmarks or save for later reminders.

Outcome

We know we're done when anyone can use our text editor to create posts with images, buttons,  along with being able to search and be alerted of new content.


Solution (6 weeks)

To solve this, we're going to enhance our global text editor to allow for embedded images and buttons. We're also going to add a search feature across collection and content by title and subtitle. We're going to rename Collections to Spaces and Favorites to Bookmarks. We're going to implement a What's New area in the menu and an alert icon on the MS button.