help for users

[jgero]

When all the new editor features are implemented also update the help/info popup in the preview.

To sum up the comments following things should be added:

• [x] Tooltips/popups/messages to tell user what buttons and so on do and how he/she can accomplish certain things
• [x] Popup when creating first content to be sure user knows what is allowed
• [x] Checkbox or similar things on sign up to tell user how the data he/she is providing is handled
• [x] Hint in Profile when user confirmation is pending
• [ ] Tour when visiting a "complicated" page for the first time
• [ ] "Help for content creators" page
• [x] hint to search function
• [ ] explain search function

[jgero]

Generally add a lot of helping tooltips and stuff like that to help the user with using the app.

[jgero]

In the editors it should be mentioned, that the content is public and has to follow some kind of community guidelines.

Also when signing up there should be a message with a reference to the data-protection page to tell the user what happens to the data he/she has to provide. Maybe even add a required checkbox with "i have read the data protection statement and accept these" when creating an account. Also add why the user has to provide the data in shorter form than in the data protection page. Just something like "we need your mail to reset your password if you forget it and your name so the moderator knows who you are and can unlock your profile".

Same goes for creating content like articles/events/images. Maybe when the user saves something for the first time show a popup that provides information about what is allowed and what not (store in cookie if user has already seen the message).

[jgero]

A tour of all the functions on a page would be cool when first visiting it. Could be implemented as some kind of scripted sequence of tooltips. Maybe this specific approach is too complicated, but some kind of help when first opening a page would be very helpful. Could be stored in a cookie if person has already done the tour, don't forget to add information about the cookie to the consent-popup and the data-protection page.

Ngx-Tour seems like a nice library for implementing such a tour.

[jgero]

Also add a separate "Help for content creators" or something, to explain in text form what has to be considered when crating content. Links to the mating page fragments could then be added in the editors like already done for the global help page.

This page should contain:

• what tags to add to the content
• how image upload works
• explain participant and deadline stuff (when event is public and so on)
• explain how articles and images get linked to other stuff (like image to article and article/image to group page)

[jgero]

Popup implemented in 27881d0 warns every content creator when first adding something what he/she should not do. Implements part of "help for content creators".

[jgero]

The help for content creators page could be reached via a link on the profile. This button could be hidden depending on the groups tags.