Welcome Screen for BP 2.4.0

[DJPaul]

@mercime any progress on this?

[mercime]

Attached are 3 versions of the welcome screen screenshots with corresponding patches. Feel free to edit at will. No image yet for the main feature.

Also attached are the images used in the Finer Points section:

• Profile Fields for Specific Member Types
• More Companion Stylesheets for Themes
• Customizable Group Home Page
• UX Improvements on the Activity Post Form

[imath]

Hi mercime thanks for your work on the welcome screen.

A few suggestions:

1/ the {image} part.
I think the Uploader UI is not new, it's basically the 2.3 one adapted to Cover Images. So if we want to put the cover image into the featured part, i suggest to show a screencap of a Group's header having a cover image. The group could be "BuddyPress Group", the group's photo > BuddyPress logo and the cover image could be any photo. So the title for this part would be "Cover Images for Groups & Members"
In the detailled explanation maybe remove 'The cover image UI is another example....." to only keep learn more link.

2/ The finer points.
I think we shouldn't talk about the UX improvements on the Activity Post Form.

• Because this arrived into core yesterday and i'm not completely sure there won't be any difficulty with some themes. I'm thinking about BP Default for instance.
• Improvements about the Textarea (Autosize) has been delayed to 2.5 i think.

But that's a personal fear. If everyone agree to add this, i'm ok.

Instead i think i would talk about the Accessibility improvements you've been working on. Because like having BuddyPress in our native language, i think this topic is another important one.

[imath]

Example of image that could be used in the {image} placeholder

[imath]

6651.patch is containing the suggestions of my previous comment. Here's a screenshot of it:

[DJPaul]

Nice layouts, @mercime! I like 1 and 2 the best, but if I had to pick, I prefer 1.

I think we're on the right lines with the features / text / graphics for this screen.

[boonebgorges]

Replying to DJPaul:

Nice layouts, @mercime! I like 1 and 2 the best, but if I had to pick, I prefer 1.

I think we're on the right lines with the features / text / graphics for this screen.

+1. This looks great!

[mercime]

Thank you for your feedback @imath, @DJPaul, and @boonebgorges :)

Per comments above, attached is a new screenshot of the welcome screen incorporating your comments. Also attached are two improved graphics for the Member Type (added Required) and the Companion Stylesheets (where I removed an avatar). Will be uploading the graphics for the accessibility upgrade soon.

[mercime]

2nd pass

[mercime]

minor change to member type - add Required

[mercime]

minor change - remove extra avatar

[mercime]

Image is attached for a11y upgrades.

[djpaul]

In 10318:

Welcome Screen updates for 2.4.

Fixes #6651

Props mercime, imath