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If there is a web-site where someone can create a web-conference and there are two types of schedules:
1. A page that displays all the webinars scheduled.
2. A personal user's page that displays webinars schedued by this user.

What is the best way to reffer to each of these pages?
Public schedule and personal schedule?
or general schedule/common schedule and private schedule?

When someone creates a webinar, how to prompt them if they would like to display the webinar that they have created only on their personal schedule, or on the public shedule as well?
Please, could you check the sentences for mistakes and advice how to make them sound native:

Would you like to display the webinar on the page "All webinars"? If your website is just a try-out select "no"

I wonder if saying: "Would you like to have the webinar displayed on the page "All webinars" sounds better?

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Thanx!

Fandorin · Accepted Answer

Hello Nicolas. I recommend you read "Joel Spolsky on Software" blog. The guy is a founder of Fog Creek corporation and by the way is very good at designing interfaces and is fun to read. Here is the link which can give you some thoughts to mull over. Taky your time and you'll like it.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/fog0000000249.html

Let me have a crack on it. First of all draft a specification with all specific requests you may have and don't rush into coding! That is [drafting a document] VERY important on this level! You seem not to have one.

NikolasIf there is a web-site where someone can create a web-conference and there are two types of schedules:
1. A page that displays all the webinars scheduled.
2. A personal user's page that displays webinars scheduled by this user.

NikolasWhat is the best way to refer to each of these pages? Public schedule and personal schedule?

Schedule list and your schedule.

NikolasWhen someone creates a webinar, how to prompt them if they would like to display the webinar that they have created only on their personal schedule, or on the public shedule as well?

Well, there should be an option tick while asking whether a user wants his webinar to be public or not. Like "Public access [your webinar will be avaliable for all users]". Or even shorter, take your pick.

Watch out typos, which are of abundance on your page and don't use long sentences - users don't like to read them. Probably it is not the best grammar way, but UI should be intuitive, light and pleasant to observe.

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