Improve the homepage for signed-in users

[chadwhitacre]

On #2544 we changed the homepage. For anonymous users a static homepage is fine. For signed-in users we need some sort of dynamic timeline or whatevs at /.

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[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @galuszkak.

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @wheatpond.

[seanlinsley]

+1

[webmaven]

👍

[chadwhitacre]

+1 on http://gittip.freshdesk.com/helpdesk/tickets/673.

[webmaven]

What about just redirecting the signed-in user to their own profile page?

[chadwhitacre]

@webmaven Yeah, that's an option. @ericmeltzer was in favor of that. @Changaco thought it was a hack and we should fix the root problem instead. @seanlinsley thought that we didn't want to lose what little discovery we do have in the "Jump to" form.

[webmaven]

@whit537 , the "Jump to" form obviously needs to just go in the nav header on all pages (ie. where most sites put a search field). GitHub itself is a decent model, as is Twitter.

[chadwhitacre]

@webmaven Interested in working on that? :-)

(P.S. Proper search is #469.)

[webmaven]

@whit537 on proper search, no.

On moving the "Jump to" form? Mmmmaybe?

I am, unfortunately, already overcommitted, but if by the time I have some extra spoons it hasn't been taken care of, I may jump in.

[chadwhitacre]

@webmaven Cool. Reach out here or #gittip on Freenode and we'll be happy to help you get started. Thanks! :-)

[webmaven]

@whit537 OK. Fair warning, timeframe might be weeks or months.

[chadwhitacre]

+1 from @timothyfcook on Twitter.

[Changaco]

Ideas on what we want to show on the homepage for signed-in users:

• a timeline to show recent activity
• suggestions on who to tip (see Show me my friends who have Gittip accounts #536, Encourage sharing recommended tip recipients #537, Show recent committers to github projects I've starred #644, Give New Users Suggestions on First Gifts #2616 and Use data from elsewhere to promote giving #2805)

[chadwhitacre]

+1 on Twitter.

[Changaco]

Closing in favor of #3183 and #3184.