New Admin Navigation "Broke" My Custom Public Page

Think this will be an issue for many and a lot of the buttons have moved and the action options are now in different places on the pages. Hoping Docebo will be able to provide some guidance on how best to manage this with the new nav exp.

The new admin menu is certainly less efficient, more time consuming and more confusing than the current legacy admin menu. Before everything was in one place, now I have to search different buckets to find what I’m looking for. It also breaks our custom settings rendering the homepage and subsequent pages we paid a lot of money to retro last year useless

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Ciao ​@Jason Kocur, thank you for sharing this feedback so directly. We really appreciate it, as input like this helps us better understand where the experience can still be improved.

The new navigation system was not introduced lightly. Before releasing it, we conducted several user tests with real users to validate the changes and assess improvements in terms of efficiency and speed when finding menu items.

That said, we fully understand that changes of this scale (compared to the previous experience) can take some time to get used to. This is why we provided a few months to gradually transition to the new navigation system.
We introduced a clearer information architecture with categories to better organize content and support discovery, especially for less experienced administrators. On the other hand, we added the ability to search for menu items directly through global search, making it much faster to reach the page you are looking for (especially if you are are an expert in using the system). In addition, we added favorites, designed to help administrators and power users quickly access the areas they use most often.

​@dmontrey, regarding custom CSS, we understand that changes of this scale can sometimes have unintended effects. Since each customer may have implemented custom CSS differently, using different selectors and paths, it is difficult to fully predict the impact on every customization.
We tried to keep the changes as limited as possible to minimize this impact and maximize the value. However, the update to the header was necessary to meet accessibility requirements. As a result, some existing customizations may not be interpreted or applied correctly and may require adjustments. This is also why we provided a transition period: to give customers time to review and update their customizations if needed, instead of requiring everyone to move immediately to the new navigation system.

We expect the experience to become smoother as users become more familiar with the new navigation. At the same time, we will continue to listen to feedback and look for opportunities to improve it further.

Thank you again for taking the time to share your perspective with us.

Thank you, ​@Alessandro Ortolina. We will look into it.