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Understanding the interface

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Use this page to choose what appears in the Home article list and move through its pages.

What the Home page is for

The Home page is the area that brings together article lists, tags, and pagination. A feed is an article list selected by Your Feed or Global Feed. A tag is a displayed value used to select the active tag filter. Pagination is the set of numbered links used to move through a list with more than 10 articles.

If you need to…Go to
Choose an article feed or tagChoose a feed or tag
Understand which areas and messages can appearBefore you start
Read the list or move between result pagesRead articles and move between pages
Find articles by a broader reading goalFind articles
Learn how to reach application routesNavigation basics
Learn shared product termsBasic terminology
Get help when the list does not behave as expectedGetting help

Use the conditions below before choosing a feed or tag.

The Home page has no input fields or grid columns in the areas covered here. Its reader actions are links for feeds, tags, and page numbers.

Before you start

The Home page changes the links and messages it shows according to the available feed, selected tag, article data, and article count.

Prerequisites

  • Open the Home page.
  • Decide whether you want a feed or a subject tag.
  • If you need page links, use a result set containing more than 10 articles.

Note: Page links appear only when the article count is greater than 10.

What affects the Home pageWhat you can see
A token is presentYour Feed can appear.
No tag is selectedThe tag filter tab does not appear.
Tags are unavailableLoading Tags... appears.
Articles are unavailableLoading... appears.
The article list is emptyNo articles are here... yet. appears.
The article count is 10 or fewerPage links do not appear.

Use the available choice to open the list you want to read.

Choose a feed or tag

Choose a feed for a set of article results, or choose a tag to narrow the list to that subject.

Prerequisites

  • Have the Home page open.

Steps

  1. Choose the list that matches what you want to read.

    If you want to…Select

| Read the available feed | Your Feed, when it appears | | Read the global article list | Global Feed | | Narrow the list to a subject | The displayed tag value |

  1. Check the feed or tag area for the selected choice.

Result: The selected feed or tag choice is active in the feed area.

Read the resulting article list or use its pagination links when they appear.

Read articles and move between pages

The article list shows article previews when articles are available. It can instead show a loading message, an empty-list message, or page links when more than 10 articles are available.

Prerequisites

  • Have an article list open.
  • To move to another page, use a result set containing more than 10 articles.
What you seeWhat it meansWhat to do
Article previewsArticles are available in the selected list.Read the previews.
Loading...The article list is loading.Wait for the list to change.
No articles are here... yet.The article list is empty.Choose another feed or tag.
Page numbersMore than 10 articles are available.Select the page number you need.

Steps

  1. Read the article previews in the selected list.

  2. Select Page number for the result page you need.

  3. Check the article list for the results on that page.

Result: The article list remains open on the selected result page.

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