Re: Improvements to app promotion (Editor's Picks and Featured)

[Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com>]

On 25 July 2017 at 04:48, Robert Ancell <robert ancell gmail com> wrote:
> 1. We wanted to show snaps before .deb packages for promotion

Can we use the "priority" for this?

> 2. We're trying using the first "featured" snap as the snap shown in the
> Featured section (the remaining snaps go to Editor's Picks). This doesn't
> suppress the hard-coded featured app (builder) since that requires 5
> featured apps to suppress. I think the hardcoded plugin should only work if
> there are no promoted apps [3] since only one app is ever shown as featured?

I think the idea is that the frontend can choose from a list, so that
it could change every day. I think the current code just does
array[0], so ideas welcome.

> 3. The Editor's Picks are currently randomized (changing daily). The snap
> featured apps are intended to be in an ordered list.

What's the logic here for ordering them in the backend?

> 4. It would be desirable to be able to browse all the editor's picks even if
> only 5 can be shown. Some of the code suggests this would be desirable - any
> designs for how to scroll / expand the list?

That's an Allan/Jimmac question I guess.

Richard.