Workspaces in Commented offer a structured way to organize and manage your projects. By creating separate workspaces, you can categorize your projects based on teams, clients, departments, or any other criteria that suit your workflow. This guide will walk you through the process of creating workspaces to help you streamline project management and collaboration.
Creating Workspaces: A Step-by-Step Guide
The number of workspaces that you can create depends on your membership plan. Make sure to check out the features of each plan to subscribe to the one that’s most suitable for you. You can upgrade and subscribe to another plan at anytime you want.
As part of the seamless onboarding experience, Commented automatically sets up your first workspace. If your subscription plan permits, feel free to create extra workspaces to tailor your organization and enhance collaborative efforts across different projects. For this, please follow these steps:
Step 1: Log in
Log in to your Commented account.
Step 2: Create new workspace
Locate the workspace name on the left side of the dashboard menu in one of your existing workspace. Click on it to view the drop-down menu.
On the bottom left corner of this drop-down menu, you’ll find the ‘New workspace’ button. Click on it to create a new workspace.
From this menu, you can also navigate to the page where you can manage your workspaces. For this, click on the ‘Manage workspaces’ button on the bottom right corner.
Step 3: Create new project
Upon clicking the ‘New workspace’ button, you’ll be navigated to another page where you have to create new project, and provide certain information about the web page or mobile app you want to use Commented on.
First, choose the platform that you would like to add Commented to: Web, iOS, or Android.
a. For Web
Enter website URL that you want to work on.
You can either enter a general website URL (https://mywebsite.com, which covers all comments inside the project) or a specific website URL (https://www.mywebsite.com/specific-page, which covers all comments under the specific-page path)
Click on ‘Create Project’ to proceed.
Install the Chrome Extension, if you haven’t already.
For the installation guide, please check this article.
Click on ‘Start Commenting’ button when you’re done.
Upon clicking the button, you’ll be navigated to the project web page. Happy commenting!
b. For iOS
Enter Bundle ID, which is a unique identifier associated with iOS apps.
Click on ‘Create Project’ to proceed.
At this point, you can share your workspace creation process with your developer friends. Enter email address in the designated field to ask for help.
If you want to proceed on your own, you have to install Cocoapods, which is a dependency manager for Cocoa projects.
When you’re done with the installation, copy the following code and paste it into your project’s Podfile:
pod ‘Commented
Click on ‘Go to Project’ button when you’re done.
Upon clicking the button, you’ll be navigated to your dashboard.
c. For Android
Enter Package Name.
Click on ‘Create Project’ to proceed.
At this point, you can share your workspace creation process with your developer friends. Enter email address in the designated field to ask for help.
Choose either one of the codes and paste into the dependencies section in project’s root level build.gradle.
For Groovy
implementation ‘io.commented.android:commented:<version>’
For Kotlin
implementation (“io.commented.android:commented:<version>”)
Clean and rebuild your project for better installation.
Then, paste the following code snippet in your main activity:
CommentedActivity(this@YourActivity).setupCommented()
Click on ‘Go to Project’ button when you’re done.
Upon clicking the button, you’ll be navigated to your dashboard.
Benefits of Creating Workspaces
Organization: Workspaces enable you to keep your projects organized and grouped according to specific criteria, making it easier to locate and manage projects.
Collaboration: Assign team members to specific workspaces, ensuring that they have access only to the projects relevant to their roles.
Project Focus: By having separate workspaces, you can maintain your focus on specific projects without distractions from unrelated projects.
Best Practices for Creating Workspaces
Clear Naming: Choose names for your workspaces that clearly reflect the purpose or criteria of the projects within them.
Consistency: Establish a consistent naming convention or structure for your workspaces to avoid confusion.
Regular Review: Periodically review your workspaces and adjust them as your project landscape evolves.