fyi- new APUG Groups homepage has been launched..

Hi All,

I have implemented a new custom coded APUG Groups home page. You can access it by clicking "Groups" in our main site menu, or click here: (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

This was an effort to make the Groups landing page far more informative and 'at a glance'.

The Groups landing page now shows:

Sidebar containing:
-A collapsible menu of all groups
-groups you own
-groups you have joined

Main page containing:
-Recent discussions in your groups
-Recent discussions in all 'public' groups
-Recently active groups
-Most popular groups
-Newest groups
-Recent photos from all groups

I think groups have a lot of potential so am investing some time there to make them more functional.

What is next for the Groups:
-Will attempt to bring group discussions into the sitewide "New Posts"
-We need to archive old 'dead' groups
-Work on categories and organizing the groups better
-A calendar system for your groups
-a few new APUG sidebar group blocks

Any questions or issues with the new page let me know.

Thanks,
Sean

p.s. just noticed a slight date display bug in the recent discussions list, it is showing recent posts but using thread start date instead of most recent post date. Will fix that soon.

I just had a look at it Sean and I think it looks great. So far I haven't noticed any issues in any of the groups that I'm a part of.