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Magento's My Account Dashboard is a streamlined approach to presenting your customers with all of their account and sales information in one place. Our goal with this feature was to remove the frustration that comes with the text links that are found in many sites' Customer Accounts. Instead, we've made Magento's My Account Dashboard easier for your customers to browse without having to drill down into multiple pages, making desirable information the first thing that the customer sees.

We know how important it is for customers to be able to conveniently access their information. As our designer, Minu Oh, put it when asked about the Dashboard's structure:

"Customers need to find information pertaining to their orders or account information without having to go between multiple pages. We understand how customers scan web pages and what graphical elements give a page's content precedence. Web pages are read left to right and large, consistent bold headings give the contents visibility. This makes it easier for [the customer], and they are simply more open to further offerings of the store when all of their experiences are positive."

The My Account Dashboard is divided into two areas - the main customer account area, and the smaller shopping section on the right. When a customer accesses the Dashboard they can immediately see detailed recent order information and individual customer information at a glance. They can also see Recent Tags and Reviews in an easy-to-view format - we've capped them at five so that the Dashboard remains uncluttered. This gives the customer an intuitive layout that provides what they need to know at a glance, making the experience much smoother and, in the end, more positive overall.

We wanted to add to this positive experience with the account's shopping section. In it, the customer can find their Shopping Cart, Wishlist, and Last Viewed Items, keeping all of the products shown on the Dashboard tailored to the individual customer. For the customer's convenience, both the Wishlist and Last Viewed Items are also accompanied by product thumbnails to help influence a sale. The Wishlist and Last Viewed Items allow the customer to add products to their shopping cart without leaving the Dashboard. We also included a small marketing Callout area, allowing the Store Owner to post a banner advertising sales and specials.

This is only the beginning. In future, we plan to add even more features to the My Account Dashboard, including:

• Personalized recommendations
• Notifications of price-drops and specials on previously viewed items
• Gift registry information
• How many people used a user's tags
• How many people found a user's reviews helpful

Watch this blog to see the design decisions as we fit these elements into the dashboard.

Love it? Think we're forgetting something? Leave us a comment and let us know!

BTW, the product looks wonderful, nice job! And, if you need a Russian translation, I’ll be happy to help.

Aha I see. I must say that the design of this site and everything that you are doing looks absolutely fantastic. I am sure that when Magento is finally released it will be an absolute winner. Good luck with everything. Looking forward to the release.

Best wishes,

Mark

The pest again. Please either excuse or delete the last message and also this one if required. I didn’t realise that the comments had to be approved before they were added to the site as I only saw the comment appear when I wrote the second one so please excuse the previous post.

As I said before though I was just wondering if Jesse had anything to do with this at all or not? Also do you have any solid dates on when people will be able to try out the system as it sincerely looks fantastic.

Best wishes,

Mark

Posted on here earlier today but it seems as though it was taken down for some reason?
I didn’t post anything corrupt. On the contrary everything I posted was positive. I won’t say what I posted here again until someone (admin) can email me to let me know why it was taken down though please?

Best wishes,

Mark

The image above just looks very much like something he would do.

BTW I can’t wait to see this system and give it a run. I currently use Expression Engine to run all sites and have to code in systems for e-commerce as the Simple Commerce module is usually too simple for my needs. Would be great if you got together with them and incorporated this in some way as you look as though you have totally clicked with all the ideas and beliefs that make for a truly fantastic web application just like the EE team.

Best wishes and good luck with everything. Are there any ideas as to when the cart will be available for download yet?

Regards,

Mark

Looking forward to discover a new great feature !

Thanks, Joe.

I’ve sent the e-mail again.
Thanks, Joe.

Since we had a preview of the front-end, guess would be really interesting to have some details about the template system, to prepare ourselves for what’s to come.

Note: I have submitted a request to help with Romanian translation, but no answer :(

Thanks, Joe.

i do agree with you on putting the very top links onto one line though.

Once again, the update is great and i cant wait (same as anyone that sees the potential in magento).

Well done team @ Varien!

1. I’d remove My Recent Reviews and use the 2 columns for My Recent Tags because to me, I see this as a tracker to inform me of products I’ve been wanting to buy.
2. I don’t necessarily want to know my Wishlist and Last Viewed Items when I log-in. I would rather want to see a list of items which are in my shopping cart.
3. I would arrange Your Cart (3 items) | My Account | My Wishlist in a single line. (Move Checkout button to the callout area)

I would personally modify the UI this way. Anyway, that’s only my personal opinion.

But it’s still looking awesome and I can’t wait to try it out!

Keep up the absolutely wonderful work people!

(Yes, I’m so excited that I found myself trying to click around on the image itself....I wanna play)