How can I determine the initial collective for every user?

The Basics

  • Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
    • 32.0.8
  • Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
    • Ubuntu 24.04
  • Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
    • Nextcloud-AIO
  • Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
    • No

Summary of the issue you are facing:

When opening the Collectives page, every user is greeted with a blank page with the button to start a new collective. Existing collectives appear on the left-hand side; on mobile devices, the collective selection sometimes even stays hidden.

We would very much prefer to select a default collective with our directions and links to explain what’s going on. So, basically, we would like to set a default collective that appears whenever somebody opens the collective page. Each collective already includes a starting page, which is very much appreciated.

We set up our Nextcloud in a way that features the collectives-app as starting page. We would appreciate it if we could determine which collective would appear at the start of the page. Is there a way to do this right now? If not, we would appreciate if you would consider adding such an option to the collectives-app.

Steps to replicate it (hint: details matter!):

  1. Set up some collectives

  2. switch to a different page within Nextcloud

  3. return to collectives-app

Log entries

No logs provided since this question relates to default behaviour.

Hello @Immo_J

Wow! I’m happy to hear collectives is the default app people land on on your instance. :blush:

My understanding is that currently if people only have one collective that one will be opened. But I guess that’s not what you are asking for - it might work as a starting point for new users though.

I’m not aware of any other way to achieve what you are trying to do - but it would make sense to me.

Do you happen to have a github account? Could you create a feature request here? Issues · nextcloud/collectives · GitHub

Thanks!

Thank you for the quick reply! I’ll do that right away.

Kind regards – I.

Just for reference Add ability to pick default collective for initial view · Issue #2433 · nextcloud/collectives · GitHub is the issue in question.