It’s alive!
After nearly a year of work from the Product team over here at DoStuff, Radmin is finally up and running and ready to put to use.
How Do I Get Started?
Before you log in and start clicking around like crazy, the best way to get started is to watch the Radmin Introduction walkthrough video put together by our own Justin Schaffer. Thirty-eight minutes and thirty-six seconds may sound like a long time, but just think of it as your own personal Radmin crash course.
Plus, we know some of you would be sitting on YouTube for the next 40 minutes anyway.
Radmin Highlights
While you’re watching the walkthrough video and testing out Radmin for yourself, here are some of the important changes and features we want to make sure to point out:Fast, Simple User Interface (UI)
The first thing you’ll notice when you come over to Radmin from Admin is the completely redesigned user interface (UI). It’s faster, prettier, and more intuitive.
From the very start, we focused on designing Radmin around the way you work. In addition to the new menu bar on the left side of the screen, there are a number of elements that are consistent across the site so you can always find what you need:- Magnifying Glass: Always takes you to that item’s detail page
- Pencil: Always takes you to that item's edit page
- Cog: Always drops down additional options (takes place of that massive sidebar in Admin)
Better Sorting
In Admin Pending Events were always sorted by most recent. That meant that you might have to go through pages of pending events before you found out that Kanye West announced a new tour date over the weekend.
In Radmin Pending Events are sorted by popularity rating automatically, so the most important shows are the ones that will be edited and approved the soonest. From now on, if you're keeping up with your queues, there will be no question that your site is the best resource for up-to-the-minute event listings in your metro.
New Media Search Function
Speaking of Pending Events, you may have noticed all the red and green bubbles in your queue. That color coding system is part of the all new Media Search function being seen for the first time here in Radmin.
When you see an Artist or Venue name surrounded in red, that means that it’s missing a matching Facebook account, a YouTube video, or it’s been 6 months since either were updated. Green means all media is up-to-date.
For a full run-down of the new Media Search features, check out Justin’s tutorial here.
Duplicates Queue
We made two major changes to the Duplicates queue in Radmin that will make it faster and easier to sort through duplicate events.
First, you’ll notice that only one match is displayed per page. Instead of stacking all the dupes on top of one another and causing confusion, Radmin only displays one dupe at a time. After you approve, merge, or delete a dupe, Radmin automatically refreshes to display the next match. The result is a faster, easier to navigate queue.
Second, the newer event (the duplicate event) is always displayed on top with the new, conflicting information displayed in red. The older event (the original event) is always displayed in white and appears below. This color-coding will make it simpler to identify what information is different, and what action you should take.
Approved Events
In Radmin the Approved Events queue is sorted by date created by default, but you can quickly sort by event date or popularity rating if needed. You’ll also notice the new magnifying glass and pencil icons that take you to the Event details page and edit Event page, respectively.
And with Radmin, you can now edit the Event Category (e.g. Music, Comedy, Film) and add Event tags right within the edit Events page!
Back in the Approved Events queue, the new cog icon on the far right is now your go-to shortcut for a number of common actions related to Events:
- Advertise: Set-up a new ad for that Event in the Advertising tab
- Giveaway: Open a pop-up to create a Giveaway for that Event
- RSVP: Open a pop-up to set up an RSVP
- Slideshow: Enter Flickr information to add photos to the Event
- Voting: Quickly vote on event using the email of promo accounts (ex: Top Picks, Free, etc.)
- Merge: Merge with another Event (note: this action will take you back to Admin for now)
- Copy: Create a new Event using the same information
- View: Check out the Event on your metro site
- Delete: Be careful! Once you delete an event, it’s gone
Scrapers
Brand new to Radmin is a Scraper support function built right into the site. In the past you would need to email Taro about any issues and remind yourself to check to see if it got fixed. Now all communication and updates are displayed right in Radmin.
To view your Scrapers, look under the Events tab in the Radmin menu bar. In the far-right column you’ll see a chat bubble icon that pulls up the support window. If you log a problem, the scripter will be notified by email automatically and will then report any updates within Radmin. You'll also receive an email any time a new update to the scraper happens and is communicated in the chat section.
Also new to Radmin, the Venue list will display any Scraper associated with that Venue in green, red, or gray. Green means that scraper is functioning properly, red means it’s broken, and gray means it’s been paused.
No More Sass
The final feature we want to highlight is the addition of all the Sass editor functions into Radmin! For now your Sass editor will still work as before, but Radmin makes it possible to avoid it altogether.
The first place you’ll want to look is the Site Design tab in the Radmin menu bar. This is where you can control all the design elements for your metro site, including adding custom CSS, JavaScript, and AB testing code. Your search suggestions and what you call your Tastemakers/All-Stars/Unicorns is controlled in the Metadata tab.You can now also bust caches on your site right from Radmin. Look under the Advanced tab in the menu bar and you will see the option for Caches. We’ve worked to improve the way site changes are updated, but there may still be times when you need to bust a cache to force an update to appear.
Advertising and more
There is way too much to cover in one blog post alone, so be sure to refer back to the Radmin Introduction video as many times as you need to get a feel for the new platform.
Once you’ve had time to familiarize yourself with the basics, the next step is to move onto advertising. Start by checking out this short Radmin Ads video and accompanying blog post. There we’ll walk you through the completely streamlined process of creating and monitoring ads in Radmin.
Enjoy trying out Radmin and let us know if you have any questions or feedback!
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