Understanding the Home Dashboard

The Home Dashboard is your central hub for managing active trips, accessing quick actions, and staying connected with the overlanding community.

Welcome Header

The welcome header greets you by name and provides quick motivation for your next adventure.

• Personalized greeting with your display name
• Motivational tagline: "Ready for your next adventure?"
• Collapses when scrolling down to save screen space
• Expands again when scrolling back to the top

Active Trip Card

The Active Trip card is the most prominent feature on your dashboard, showing your current trip status.

When No Trip is Active

• Displays "None" with subtitle "No active trip"
• Shows "My Trips" button to view all your planned trips
• If you have a trip starting today, shows "Ready to start" with a Start button

Starting a Trip

During an Active Trip

• Shows trip name prominently
• Displays progress: "Day 1", "Day 2", etc., or "Started today"
• "Trip Dashboard" button for detailed trip view
• Real-time updates on trip status

Ending a Trip

When your trip's end date has passed:

• The card shows "Trip ended on [date]"
• An "End Trip" button appears
• Tap to officially complete and archive the trip
• The system checks for other trips starting today automatically

Quick Actions

Quick Action cards provide one-tap access to the most common features.

Action	Icon	Purpose
Explore Places	🔍	Discover new overlanding destinations and campsites
Plan a Trip	🧭	Create a new trip or event
My Garage	🚗	View and manage your vehicles
Friends	👥	Connect with the overlanding community

Your Next Adventure Carousel

This section showcases upcoming trips from the community that you might want to join.

Features

• Horizontal scrollable carousel of trip cards
• Shows trip name, dates, and banner photo
• Displays trip type: TRIP, MEET, or SHOW
• Skill level indicator (Beginner to Expert)
• Tap any card to view full trip details

Trip Privacy

• Public Trips: Visible to all users in the carousel
• Private Trips: Only visible to invited participants
• Your own trips appear regardless of privacy settings

Explore Routes Section

Similar to the Adventures carousel, this section highlights popular and featured routes.

What's a Route?

Routes are pre-planned overlanding paths that can be:

• Saved as standalone routes for later use
• Added to trips as part of an itinerary
• Shared with the community
• Marked as public or private

Route Information

Each route card shows:

• Route name and description
• Distance and estimated duration
• Terrain difficulty rating
• Waypoints and points of interest

Community Section

The Community card encourages engagement with fellow overlanders.

What's Included

• Join the Community: Call-to-action message
• Description: "Connect with fellow overlanders, share experiences, and discover new adventures together"
• Explore Button: Takes you to the Friends/Community tab

Why Join?

• Get advice from experienced overlanders
• Find trip companions
• Share your experiences and photos
• Learn about new locations
• Stay updated on events and meet-ups

Latest Updates

The Latest Updates section displays recent forum topics and community discussions.

Features

• Shows 3 most recent forum topics
• Displays topic title and preview text (up to 80 characters)
• Time posted shown as "relative time" (e.g., "2 hours ago")
• Tap any topic to read and participate
• "View all" button to browse all forums

Topic Preview

Each topic shows:

• Topic title
• Content preview
• Time since posted

Notifications

Access notifications from the bell icon in the top-right corner of the dashboard.

Notification Types

Type	Description	Action
Trip Invites	Someone invited you to join their trip	Accept or decline invitation
Trip Updates	Changes to trips you're attending	View updated trip details
Messages	New chat messages from friends	Open conversation
Friend Requests	Someone wants to follow you	Accept or decline
Community	Replies to your forum posts or comments	View and respond

Managing Notifications

• Unread Count: Shows number of unread notifications
• Mark as Read: Tap any notification to mark it as read
• Clear All: Option to clear all read notifications
• Settings: Customize notification preferences in Profile > Settings

Dashboard Tips