Do you redirect signed-in users from the home page to the app?
I've seen this done both ways, with and without redirection. I'd like to know what you do and why you chose that approach. Thanks!
I've seen this done both ways, with and without redirection. I'd like to know what you do and why you chose that approach. Thanks!
No, mainly because when I've used apps that redirected me and I sometimes become a bit annoyed and have to open a private tab to see some info on the landing page.
This is one of my concerns. It happens to me too. I didn't want to mention it in the poll because I didn't want to bias the results. But I feel like the majority of apps I use redirect authenticated users and then I have to do exactly what you do – open a private/incognito tab to view the home page.
I have my app on a sub domain so I do. If someone who’s authenticated comes from my home page and clicks to my application from the “login” button in the header I don’t want them to have to log in.
That makes sense to me since the app is on a subdomain. Thanks for sharing!
No, the home page has app info and purchase info and forms as well as links to contact us and renew user accounts and, of course, a link to login to use the apps.
I sometime get frustrated when you are directly redirected to the app and you can't find easily the links you are looking for (documentation, contact, blog, help support). Add infinite scrolling and I become crazy.
On datablist.com, I keep a 'corporate' website for content and news and app.datablist.com for the app. With login detection on the corporate site to show a "go to app" button.
It depends on how often your users use your application (all day long or few times a week), and how you show the links to other pages in your app (the one I said: blog, etc.)
Those are all really good things to think about. Thanks!
What if the user actually wants to be there?
We change the landing page a bit depending on the user, but chances are if they are going there it is because they want the content on the site. If they don't there is a huge Log in button on every page. (Reference: Authress).
Yes – this is the same concern that @drikerf has. But I'm kind of torn. If I'm using a frequently used app like gmail, then 99% of the time when I go to gmail.com I want to go to the app, not the home page.
We'll that's a different problem. In that case you need to look at your users. Are they using the app as frequent usage, or something for admin changes. I.e. is configuration they are doing or something more?
Generally speaking if they are frequently going to be going to your app (I actually gmail versus drive is a good example, because gmail does the right thing, wile drive f***ing sucks), then you need to give them a good solution.
I personally use my url bar to type what I want. If the chrome autocomplete doesn't give me the answer, then I just click enter and start milling through the google search results, I'm hoping after clicking on a link there is a "log in" button there.
But the question should be, why doesn't chrome url bar return a reasonable answer for that app. When I'm looking to link my product listed on Indie hackers. I type ind into chrome url and immediately get back https://www.indiehackers.com/product/authress.
How do you users engage with your app. If they frequently come to your main page expecting the content, then it needs to be there. This works really well with anonymous usage, think youtube for example. You can view videos without creating an account. If you will have content, you need to expose that directly on your main page. If everything is user related, then it should be at most one-click. If your brand is really well known, then your landing page should be the app.
These are all good points. Thanks for articulating them!
You can do it in 2 ways, either redirect them to a more valuable page or change the content of home page if they are logged in like the big platforms do
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I think I like that approach. Do you know if your users typically go to your home page then click on dashboard, or do they go straight to the dashboard page?
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Got it, thanks!