Audience

The new base layout for Audience is starting to look good. This is the bit when I build out the menu and think it's great and in a few weeks I think ..... eh......

But the goal is to make it easy for you to do what you want. For example, I'm putting the "Connect your email provider" link right in the nav bar on top. If you have connected, it will show that you have connected.

I think this will also help with the onboarding. You don't have to click through many things to get going. In the olden days of V1, I was making users connect with their email provider before getting into the app, and I think switching it around will help. (this is why feedback is good)

My overall idea for Audience V2 is starting to take shape. I have been very deliberate in taking this slow. I've gathered a lot of feedback from users and people who send newsletters, which has been helpful.

I've also been going down a marketing rabbit hole, especially around B2B and what B2B email marketing looks like.

The 3rd part has been thinking about what I want to build. What would I find enjoyable to build and what I need from an email marketing tool. To get a bit deep, can I build audience in a way so it can market audience through email marketing. But I also have other products that need a good email marketing tool.

So that's the scope that's feeding into the V2 design.

I am going fully retro for the new login screen of Audience, who needs CSS! 😀

A little review this morning, to lock into what I want to have in the V1 of the new editor.

This is about creating a good base and foundation for what I want to build on later.

Adding image support into the editor, you can now add columns and add the image to some, text in others.

I've been slacking off on this but a bit more work on the editor. Getting some steps for the flow on adding blocks to the email.

I am adding in the some of the email structure parts, creating 1, 2, 3,4 columns to the email.

Drop an image onto the email in the editor, got the basic upload and adding it onto the email working, still some interesting plans for this one.

The first widget is for adding text to the email editor.

Working on the design for adding columns and containers to the email in the new editor

Working on some of the UI for the editor, around the widget menu.

I'm still playing around with some colour schemes and changes there.

Working on the UI for the new editor.

Took a bit of time this morning to work out some ideas around the content for Audience.

I have a few ideas that could be really interesting to try.

A bit of work on the UX flow for the new editor along with the coffee.

Time to start working on pulling the prototypes together with some proper UX so I can build a V0

A bit more work on the editor to start the week, I'm working on adding text/image sections to the email now.

It appears to be a bug, but I created it so it's probably a feature 😂

I spent a bit of time working out a few ideas I have for the new editor, and what I want it to do.

I've added in the text editor into the editor, (can I get more editor into this description.... yes I can)

The editor can now let you edit the text in different sections of the email or template.

Some more work on the new editor. Working on getting it to update the sections.

The new editor needs a text editor, so it's been a bit of a play date for me, trying a few different editors to see what I think of them.