So as some of you may have noticed we currently do not have a proper home page for Astronomy Connect. As of right now we have a landing page purely for information about AC for new visitors, but once you have logged in/authenticated you no longer have access to this page and are redirected to the forums page.

It's been bugging me for a while that we don't have a nicer home page for our logged in members but I would love to hear ideas about what you would like to see on a home page for this type of community site. Judging by the traffic we have been getting people are visiting the site on a regular basis checking, the thread lists, and for updates. I believe making the home page a view to see the activity of the entire site would be ideal.

The ideas that have been bouncing around have been to have a home page with basically a grid of widgets and or summary sections for various parts of the site. Possible to also have other widgets or blocks that aid as observational tools based on a users set location in their profile.

So any feedback on how you think recent activity should be displayed or maybe describe how you currently look at new activity on site (ex. Do you manually look through the thread list, Do you use the Recent Activity, or do you use the forums new posts section to see all the latest posts you have missed since last visiting). Let me now how you consume your content. Also would you guys be interested in receiving a daily site digest much like Cloudy Nights has.