Vote: new admin Dashboard layout

[shukiv]

We're redesigning the admin Dashboard and want your input. Six candidate layouts below — same widgets and data in all of them, only the structure changes. All numbers and names are sample data.

How to vote: add a 👍 reaction to the comment below that matches your favorite (one comment per option). Want to mix elements from several? Say so in a comment.

1 — Command center

Host-health banner, unified activity feed, services + backups rail.

2 — Ops-first

Resource charts + alerts dominant, counts demoted to chips.

3 — Inventory-first

Six count cards + four recent-entity tables, slim health strip.

4 — Status rail

Fixed left rail holds all box state; wide work area with counts + activity.

5 — Bands

Single column, three full-width bands: system, inventory, activity.

6 — KPI strip + tabs

One dense KPI strip, then a single tabbed surface (Activity / Services / Backups / Alerts).

[shukiv]

Option 1 — Command center — 👍 this comment to vote.

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Option 2 — Ops-first — 👍 this comment to vote.

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Option 3 — Inventory-first — 👍 this comment to vote.

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Option 4 — Status rail — 👍 this comment to vote.

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Option 5 — Bands — 👍 this comment to vote.

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Option 6 — KPI strip + tabs — 👍 this comment to vote.

[lxsdevcode]

I really like 1 — Command center. I think it would work even better if we combined it with elements from 3 — Inventory-first and 6 — KPI strip + tabs.

I’d keep 1 as the base layout, especially the visible services card/rail on the right. That’s useful because the server/service status stays visible at all times.

For the elements from 3, instead of displaying the recent entity cards and hosting packages directly on the dashboard, I’d organize them the same way as 6 — inside the tabbed surface.

So the main area could have tabs like:

• Activity
• Domains / Users / Databases
• Hosting Packages
• Backups
• Alerts

Basically, 1 as the overall layout + the inventory content from 3, but structured using the tab approach from 6, while keeping the right-side services/status card permanently visible.

I think that would keep the dashboard clean while still making all the inventory, backups, and alerts easily accessible.

[shukiv]

Rendered your mix — Option 1 as the base with the always-visible services rail, the tabbed main surface from 6, and the inventory content from 3 living inside the tabs (Activity / Domains-Users-Databases / Hosting Packages / Backups / Alerts):

Added as Option 7 — Community mix below — 👍 that comment to vote for it.

[shukiv]

Option 7 — Community mix (1+3+6) — 👍 this comment to vote.

[lxsdevcode]

Any update for this?

[shukiv]

Soon. You can see that it does not stop working on your issues. I think they are more important now then the dashboard interface.

[shukiv]

Option 7 is built and merged (#2092). It is on the development channel now and reaches stable with the November 1 release.

What the admin Dashboard has now:

• A host card: hostname, health, the server's IPs, OS, panel build, uptime, and CPU / Memory / Disk meters. Click the health tag to see the alerts.
• Count cards for users, domains, mailboxes and applications.
• Tabs: Activity, Domains / Users / Databases, Hosting Packages, Backups, and Alerts (with a count badge). A tab loads its list only when you open it.
• The services list stays visible on the right. On a phone it moves below the tabs.

Thanks to you and @johnnyq for voting.