In the last couple of days, ApnaCircle and Viadeo have been busy revamping certain sections of the site and in the process giving a face uplift to the whole header and footer section. Besides the changes to header and footer there have been a nice one click recommendation confirmation feature and revamping with features on the connection response flow. And, there has been a nice little Google plus stream like feature that could be handy, we will discuss that one in just a while ;)
Header and Footer
The header and footer changes were already available to the Members of Viadeo since the past month. ApnaCircle Members got it a couple of day back and the timing couldn't be better as LinkedIn revamped their homepage as well and rolled it out to all Members during the same time it seems. We will cover that one in a different post though.
The whole look gives more of a professional feel and more so since we were used to the white look for quite some time now. The menus sits nicely and is scroll-able once you start to roll the page down with the content. Which clearly is a very helpful as the Member doesn't have to scroll back to the top again to see the menu and then choose another option. Our thumbnail however doesn't show our full photo there. You will also notice that the "pending connection message" or the "people you may know" has moved out of its customary position (above the Contacts menu) to under the Member' name.
Its nice to see the Member photo thumbnail that we thought should have been there in the previous version of the header as well. The ApnaCircle header will have the gift wrap extra item visible on th top right, that is the new place for your points system now. The moment you hover your muse on the company logo, it starts to point the location of where it will go once you click on it. Kind of a nice look if you are not aware, good to look at. We caught the view for you in the image above.
The header menu will look like this when the page scrolls down. The logo and you see comes down to site besides the menu. The whole art visible above scrolls down with you as you move down the page towards the footer. The Google plus stream like feature that we were talking about comes in to picture here. Once the menu bar is in this scrolling position, you may click anywhere on the grey bar, extreme right or left and also besides the SMS menu option and the page will automatically scroll back to top. Very nice feature to have in case you are down on the page!
Skills Recommendation : A One Click Fun Process
On your new profile you now have option to have your skills confirmed by people in your network. The process is useful as it gets you to move towards the top part in the recruiters list, but more than that its a fun process to do plus its so quick and easy that you may want to do it again n again, but be cautious as you may undo the confirmation that you just enjoyed doing for your connection :)
There is a new page that has been added where you can archive your connection requests. At present you may feel a little edgy on this so we suggest you go an try and get settled. The archived page also has information about the past connection requests that you handled and what your exact response was. The date also gets noticed there:
Header and Footer
The header and footer changes were already available to the Members of Viadeo since the past month. ApnaCircle Members got it a couple of day back and the timing couldn't be better as LinkedIn revamped their homepage as well and rolled it out to all Members during the same time it seems. We will cover that one in a different post though.
Skills Recommendation : A One Click Fun Process
On your new profile you now have option to have your skills confirmed by people in your network. The process is useful as it gets you to move towards the top part in the recruiters list, but more than that its a fun process to do plus its so quick and easy that you may want to do it again n again, but be cautious as you may undo the confirmation that you just enjoyed doing for your connection :)
You see the "New". Start paying with it and you will see how well it works and its fun too. A couplpe of words on the news feed that this activity generates. You will have option to turn off the feed if you want right from your Dashboard settings:
The news feed for your information will look like this sorts:
Connection Response Revamp : Archive The Requests Now
The connection response page gets its own look now. We are sure people always wanted to see a way to accept multiple requests in one click. So here it is finally. You now have checkboxes to select all that you want to connect with and just one click "Accept".
Apart from this the connection response accepted message also has a nice look and you will love to see how it appears and disappears with just the apt sleep time:
Post Credit
Raj works as a Software developer in the ApnaCircle.com IT team that operates from New Delhi. He informed us about this feature on the ApnaCircle portal.
Connect with him either on Facebook or on ApnaCircle for his professional life.
Raj works as a Software developer in the ApnaCircle.com IT team that operates from New Delhi. He informed us about this feature on the ApnaCircle portal.
Connect with him either on Facebook or on ApnaCircle for his professional life.
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