Categorys and Organization of tools

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Hello everyone,

I’m facing the following problem:

I have an app with twelve different tools, each generating specific output via Generate AI. These twelve tools are currently visible in the left side menu under Menu (see image 1).

My goal was to organize these tools into categories. For this, I hired a Glide Expert on Fiverr. Unfortunately, the implementation did not work as expected:

  • The developer created four categories in the bottom button menu (see image 1).
  • These categories were populated via a collection, and the tools were placed inside them (see image 2).
  • However, when the Glide expert clicked on a tool within a category, the screen remained empty.

His suggestion was to manually copy the components of my existing tools (from the left side menu) into the respective screens (see image 3). I tried this, and it worked at first, but two major issues appeared:

  1. From the third screen onwards, the contents cannot be copied correctly.
  2. The transitions and loading times are overall very slow.

I’m unsure how to proceed now. I paid for this support, but the result is not satisfying.

My actual requirements:

  • The twelve tools should be grouped into clear, structured categories.
  • Listing all tools in the left side menu (one after another) is too cluttered.
  • Placing the tools in the bottom button menu is not desired.

Does anyone have an idea how to properly structure these tools in the app? Ideally, I’d like to have categories with the tools organized inside them.

At the moment, I feel quite overwhelmed and would really appreciate your support.

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If you intend to use the “existing” tools as tabs, do this:

  • Unhide them.
  • Set them to “hide from navigation bar”.
  • In your data, it seems like you have a Tools table that powers this.

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Add a “categoryID” column in there, and set the right categoryID to the right tools.

Go to your Categories table, add a multiple relation to relate to the tools table. Use that relation for your collection in the details screen of each category.

  • Now to the complex part. It’s gonna be hard to maintain either way (copying components on the same details screen, or use tab navigations). As I suggested above, maybe just use the tabs you have already configured, since it’s likely you build those tabs on different tables and it’s hard to replicate them into one single screen.
  • Add a workflow/action to the action of Tools relation, add multiple branches. If toolName = Post Generator then Go to Tab > Post Generator, do it for all the tools you have.