New X-CD Admin Interface

New X-CD Admin Interface

We're excited to announce the public release of our redesigned admin portal.

We focused on creating a sleek, modern design coupled with enhanced functionality that makes managing your events and membership easier and more efficient than ever before. Below are some notes about key changes as well as a note about the future roadmap of the X-CD administrative portal. 

Why the change?

  • It was time for a change. The admin area has not been redesigned in a number of years. We wanted to modernize the look and feel

  • We have already added new design components in different places of the admin portal and want these more modern components to better match the overall look and feel of the admin portal

  • The design change will also lay the foundation for other near term improvements across the administrative system




What has changed?

The Design

  • New color styles creating a fresh and modern web application

  • Less dark - more bright

    • We've removed a grey feeling and brightened the design with more white

  • Breadcrumbs have been added to interior pages for clarity as to where you are within the admin system

    • Breadcrumbs will be enhanced in future updates


My X-CD

  • The default dashboard view brings your most recent modules to the beginning of your session

  • Recently accessed modules will appear first, followed by any other favorited modules

  • Each module is represented as a module card (more on module cards below)

  • You have three view styles to utilize and set as your preference for display of a module card - Detailed, Compact, List

Conference Dashboard

  • We eliminated the table view style of your conferences

  • Each conference is now listed as a card which provide a cleaner, easier to see view of your event modules

  • Conference cards are also provide three different view styles - Detailed, Compact, List

When you click "Dashboard" from the left menu to return to the dashboard - you will automatically land where you last were – either "My X-CD" or "Conferences".

The style you select to use for module cards and conference cards will respectively and automatically save in all future page loads. You can change it anytime and it will save again.

 

Conference & Module Cards

Conference Cards

  • The conference dashboard is a collection of conference cards

    • Just like before - each conference is a collection of modules

    • The card may have a conditional flag that displays the 'conference type' if a type has been added for that conference

  • There are 3 different views of the conference cards

    • Try out all 3 different views to see which you prefer.
      When you select one you like, that style will be auto saved against your account and be the default view for you each time you load the conference dashboard.

  • Conference Card View Styles

    1. Detailed
      Pictured Above

      • Large view that has modules listed with ability to expand to see all modules if more than 3 exist

      • Links to important conference level features - like program, event app, etc.

    2. Compact

      • Smaller view that hides the conference modules from the card

      • The modules are available by clicking the 'Conference Modules' button

    3. List

      • This view has the least amount of information on it

      • There are button links to the Conference Home and to a Quick Dashboard that will provide access to all links that are also offered on the Detailed card view

 

Module Cards

  • Module cards are visible from your My X-CD dashboard as explained above

    • They are also visible within the Conference Home's Module screen

  • Each module card will display if the module is open for new data collection as well as key statistics

  • The module name can be clicked to go to that module's dashboard

  • A 'Quick Dashboard' button is available which will open a modal with additional options

  • The module 'Quick Dashboard' offers deeper links and options to help you get inner-areas of the module that is important for you in that moment

     

    • eg. jump to settings or enter a name to quickly bring up a submission or attendee record

 

Header Bar

The header bar area has become more functional with:

  • Search bar

  • Quick Navigation

  • Knowledge Base

  • Notifications

  • User Profile Menu

 

  • Click this search bar or simply type CTRL (windows) or CMD (mac) + 'K' on your keyboard to activate the new X-CD search feature

  • The search is powerful and multifaceted

  • You can search:

    • Contacts

    • System Apps, System Settings, & System Tools

    • Conferences or Modules

  • If you are wondering where something might have moved to - search for it here!

    • Quickly find things you are looking for without using the menus!
      We strongly suggest trying this feature out and getting used to it!

 

Quick Navigation

  • Always have recent modules or related modules quickly accessible

  • Related modules are ones related to the conference you are actively working in

 

Mega-Menu Style

  • This new style will appear in some high level pages to offer a visually intuitive view of features or functions of the respective module or area of the system

  • In some cases, the mega menu will pivot into a top-menu or left-menu once you are working within the interior feature or function page

  • Features or functions are categorized to make it easier to find and understand the purpose of that feature or function

 

Dashboard Left Menu

  • We have removed many items from the left menu in order to better categorize the items

  • We have replaced the items with 3 main categories as descried below

  • Some items are still available in the left menu - eg. contacts and company management

Additions to Left Menu: System Apps, System Settings, & System Tools

  • The left menu item removal has created 3 new critical dashboard left menu items:
    System Apps, System Settings, System Tools

  • These are 3 categories of features of X-CD that encompass non-conference and non-membership items

  • We encourage you to familiarize yourself with these areas as an admin will need to enter these areas from time to time to adjust settings

System Apps

  • These are products within X-CD that are not conference or membership specific

  • Examples include:

    • Email Management - templating & history

    • Education Credits - Repository of credits earned

    • E-Commerce - stores

System Settings

  • These are areas of configuration of your system

  • Examples include:

    • Organization Details

    • Contact Form Management

    • Multi Factor Authentication

System Tools

  • These are functions to utilize that will provide information about your system

  • Examples include:

    • Financial Reporting

    • File Management

Removed From Left Menu

  • We've reduced the amount of options in the left menu to make navigation easier

  • Items we have removed - with information on where to find them feature now:

    • Mobile App Management

      • Accessible from within conference program module or conference home

    • Financial Reporting

      • Accessible from System Tools

    • Education Credits

      • Accessible from within conference program module or System Apps

    • X-CD Payments

      • Accessible from System Tools

    • Website Management

      • No longer relevant for most clients

    • Profile Home Configuration

      • Accessible from System Settings

    • Manage Files

      • Accessible from System Tools

    • Profile Home (User App)

      • Accessible from top right user profile menu

    • Support Request

      • Accessible from top-right Help menu

    • Mentorship

      • Accessible from System Apps

All apps, modules and tools can be found quickly with CTRL/CMD+K

 

Program Overview and Session Management

  • Re-styled program overview

  • Downloads easier to view

  • More changes will come in future

 

Single Session Management

  • When beginning to manage a single session, the default view is now a menu of options to configure your session

  • When you are on an interior session management function - the menu transposes to the left side for quick navigation to another function

What will change next?

  • We've released the new administrative design with a main focus on the design and the main dashboards

  • The initial changes lay the foundation for future upgrades and new features throughout the X-CD system

  • Future changes and new features include:

    • Conference Home

      • More direct links to conference-level features like mobile app, virtual app, lead retrieval, onsite management, education credits, etc.

    • Module Dashboards

      • Speaker, Attendee, Exhibitor overview pages will be upgraded to offer more insightful data and mega menus to find module specific functions more easily

    • Reporting Apps

      • Modern reporting apps for cross-conference comparisons

    • AI Powered Tools

      • Summary reports

      • Chatbot style prompting for processing changes

  • And even more!




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