Job Description
🔧 Project Brief: Interactive User Dashboard with Daily Input, Graphs, Announcements & Calendar (WordPress)
🎯 Objective
To build an interactive WordPress dashboard where logged-in users can interact daily, visualize progress, receive admin announcements, and stay updated on community events—all in one personalized space.
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🧩 Functional Breakdown
1. Step One: User Input (Daily Buttons)
- Each logged-in user sees their own dashboard
- The dashboard displays 9 clickable buttons (e.g. "Focused", "Trained", "Slept Well", etc.)
- Clicking a button registers the input with a timestamp and user ID
- Visual feedback (e.g. animation or “Saved” notice) confirms the action
2. Step Two: Data Collection
- User inputs are stored in the database with date and user reference
- Options for storage:
- WordPress custom tables, custom post types, or user meta fields via ACF
- Optional integration with Google Sheets via WP Webhooks, Zapier, or Google Apps Script
3. Step Three: Data Processing
- Logic processes data into weekly, monthly, and overall summaries
- Example: Track how many times a button is clicked per week → percentage-based feedback
4. Step Four: Data Presentation (Visualizations)
- The dashboard displays:
- Real-time graphs using Chart.js, wpDataTables, or Visualizer
- Trend lines, bar/pie charts, and weekly comparison tools
- Filters for time ranges (this week, last week, all time)
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Admin Panel
- Admins can see all user activity in a sortable/filterable table
- Includes insights like top engaged users, inactive users, and overall trends
- Downloadable reports (CSV or sync with Google Sheets)
- Option to build admin widgets or a custom overview page
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Additional Features
Admin Announcements
- Admins can post announcements from the WordPress backend
- Announcements appear in each user's dashboard
- Each announcement includes a “Mark as Read” button
- Once marked, the announcement is hidden from that user
Community Events Calendar
- Integrate with The Events Calendar plugin (theeventscalendar.com)
- Events displayed in a calendar view within the user dashboard
- Option to view upcoming events, RSVP, and add to Google/Apple Calendar
- Calendar may show weekly/monthly views, with filtering options
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🔌 Suggested Tools and Plugins
- ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) for data structuring
- wpDataTables, Visualizer, or Chart.js for graphs
- WP Webhooks, Uncanny Automator, or Zapier for API connections
- The Events Calendar for event listings
- Admin Columns Pro for enhanced admin views
- Elementor or other visual builder for frontend dashboard layout
- User role management plugin (e.g. WP User Manager or MemberPress)
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🗓️ Development Phases
1. Build dashboard structure and layout
2. Create 9-button input system
3. Set up data collection and storage
4. Add real-time data visualization
5. Implement announcement system with mark-as-read functionality
6. Integrate events calendar view
7. Build admin panel and data reports
8. Test and refine
Responsibilities
- To build an interactive WordPress dashboard where logged-in users can interact daily, visualize progress, receive admin announcements, and stay updated on community events—all in one personalized space
- 🧩 Functional Breakdown
- Step One: User Input (Daily Buttons)
- Each logged-in user sees their own dashboard
- The dashboard displays 9 clickable buttons (e.g. "Focused", "Trained", "Slept Well", etc.)
- Clicking a button registers the input with a timestamp and user ID
- Visual feedback (e.g. animation or “Saved” notice) confirms the action
- Step Two: Data Collection
- User inputs are stored in the database with date and user reference
- WordPress custom tables, custom post types, or user meta fields via ACF
- Step Three: Data Processing
- Logic processes data into weekly, monthly, and overall summaries
- Example: Track how many times a button is clicked per week → percentage-based feedback
- Step Four: Data Presentation (Visualizations)
- Real-time graphs using Chart.js, wpDataTables, or Visualizer
- Trend lines, bar/pie charts, and weekly comparison tools
- Filters for time ranges (this week, last week, all time)
- Admins can see all user activity in a sortable/filterable table
- Includes insights like top engaged users, inactive users, and overall trends
- Downloadable reports (CSV or sync with Google Sheets)
- Option to build admin widgets or a custom overview page
- Admins can post announcements from the WordPress backend
- Integrate with The Events Calendar plugin (theeventscalendar.com)
- Events displayed in a calendar view within the user dashboard
- Option to view upcoming events, RSVP, and add to Google/Apple Calendar
- Calendar may show weekly/monthly views, with filtering options
- The Events Calendar for event listings
- Admin Columns Pro for enhanced admin views
- Add real-time data visualization
Requirements
- Optional integration with Google Sheets via WP Webhooks, Zapier, or Google Apps Script
- ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) for data structuring
- wpDataTables, Visualizer, or Chart.js for graphs
- WP Webhooks, Uncanny Automator, or Zapier for API connections
- Elementor or other visual builder for frontend dashboard layout
- User role management plugin (e.g. WP User Manager or MemberPress)
- Create 9-button input system
- Set up data collection and storage