diff --git a/content/images/new-dashboard.png b/content/images/new-dashboard.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cdcbb08 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/new-dashboard.png differ diff --git a/content/posts/rollout-of-our-new-dashboard.rst b/content/posts/rollout-of-our-new-dashboard.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d0cd2d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/rollout-of-our-new-dashboard.rst @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +:title: Rollout of our new dashboard +:date: 2024-11-12 +:description: Our new dashboard will begin rolling out to users. + Learn what to expect and how it will affect you and your project. +:category: Changelog +:tags: dashboard +:authors: Anthony Johnson +:status: published +:image: /images/new-dashboard.png +:image_credit: Reviewing build output for a project in our new dashboard + +For the last year, you may have seen notifications and hints asking you to try +out our new dashboard. This new dashboard has been a long term project to +completely replace our original user interface with one that is more +consistent and allows us to more easily build and maintain complex features. + +During the next few months, we will begin the transition to our new dashboard +and will move away from our current, *but soon to be legacy*, dashboard. + +If you are not yet using our new dashboard, here is what you need to know: + +The new dashboard will start to become the default dashboard + After this change, users logging in from our website will be logging into + our new dashboard. *Users will still be able to switch back to the legacy + dashboard if they need to*. + + - On `Read the Docs Community`_ this change will go into effect on **Nov 12th** + - On `Read the Docs Business`_ this change will go into effect on **Dec 10th** + + To log in to the new dashboard: + + - Users of `Read the Docs Community`_ can log in at https://app.readthedocs.org/account/login + - Users of `Read the Docs Business`_ can log in at https://app.readthedocs.com/account/login + +The legacy dashboard will be available until Mar 11th, 2025 + Our legacy dashboard will remain available while users are transitioning to + our new dashboard. During this period, our legacy dashboard will no longer + be receiving updates or new features, but it will remain active. Our legacy + dashboard will only be available for this limited period, after which it + will be shut down for all users. + + To log in to the legacy dashboard: + + - Users of `Read the Docs Community`_ can log in at https://readthedocs.org/account/login + - Users of `Read the Docs Business`_ can log in at https://readthedocs.com/account/login + + +How is the new dashboard different? +----------------------------------- + +You should find that the new dashboard is more consistent and that navigation +around the dashboard is easier overall. New features were added for sorting and +filtering, build output is easier to browser and share, and project and version +creation is more intuitive. + +The new dashboard contains many other updates and new features as well. In the +coming weeks we will be highlighting in more detail what new features were +added, interfaces that have been updated, and some of the technical changes +introduced. + +Documentation page changes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Rollout of our new dashboard will also be apparent on hosted documentation. +There are several pages in hosted documentation where our own dashboard is +visible to readers: + +Documentation error pages + We display an error page to readers when we encounter a problem with their + request, like when a requested file is missing (HTTP 404 error). + + We do not show our error page when a custom 404 error page is provided by a + project. + +Authentication forms + This includes documentation authentication pages, such as password and + GitHub authentication, and documentation sharing pages, such as sharing + password entry. + +On **Dec 10th**, projects hosted on `Read the Docs Business`_ will +use our new dashboard for these pages in their hosted documentation. + +*There will be no changes to user generated documentation otherwise.* + +If you would like to update your project to use these pages before then, +`contact us`_. + +.. _`Read the Docs Community`: https://readthedocs.org +.. _`Read the Docs Business`: https://readthedocs.com +.. _`contact us`: https://app.readthedocs.com/support