Easier click-through for editing

[Bridgecity]

Hey Truman,

We're starting to try out using the events module.  I've got a service event tonight that we entered a couple of weeks ago and tracking registrations with.  It's all cool stuff.  One thing that seems weird to me, though.

On my portal page the event list listed.  The event name is clickable.  When I click it I get taken to the general information page for that event.  It's not interactable.  Seems like this is the information that should be available to the member portal or a click-through from the external website.  But when I want to edit the event, I have to click a whole bunch of places to end up at the event's editable interface.

Seems more natural that I would be able to click directly to edit this from either the informational page (so 1 click in) or via an "edit" button after the event name on the portal page (no clicks in.)

Are either of these possible?

[Truman]

Hi Marc,

Thanks for the comments and suggestion. The public website and member portal area (i.e., social network) is primarily a area for published content. The Ascribe intranet area is primarily for managing data.

I can see how it would be easier to just navigate to a place on the website and be able to click and edit anything you see, including events.

I need to balance the need to minimize click and clutter. If I add edit links to every item in the portal page, then it would be way too cluttered. I could add edit links to every item that the logged in user is allowed to edit. This would need to be an upgrade for some time in the future, because I think this would take some time to implement across the board (that is, for all the modules available in the content management system).

Happy Easter!
Truman

[Bridgecity]

Well, I guess in the current system it isn't clear to me where I go to edit an event.  I still feel like I'm randomly clicking in the dark until I get there.  Sometimes I click the event and I get the info page.  I clicked "Events" and get the calender page - which looks great - and then click the event itself and get  the info page, while other times it seems like I get the editable event.

I guess for me user interface is all about what's intuitive, and I haven't got this sorted yet.

[Truman]

Hi Marc,

Probably the easiest way is to log into the Intranet Ascribe area. In the main menu, click on Events. Find the even in the monthly event calendar and click on that. Then you can edit the event from there.

Truman

[Bridgecity]

Oh, one point of confusion.  I'm not trying to edit the event from the extranet or members area.  Just from my intranet access.  It's on that screen - not the member screen - that it would be nice to have the edit link.  Much like you have on various other reporting pages.

Thanks for the pointer on where to go.