Problem/Motivation
New users don't know where to go to add new content types. Everyone starts by clicking on the "content" link in the Toolbar (sometimes, repeatedly) and struggles with this being almost the right place do to what they want. Here's a video of one participant from the Google Usability studies struggling with where to go to add a new type of content and again after hes already been there once, and again a third time.
Proposed resolution
Add a "+ Create content type" action link at the top of the Add content page (node/add) for privileged users (per #72/#73/#81
Implement hook_help() for node.add_page route and add a sentence along the lines of
Choose which type of content to create. You can also add a new content type.
Related Issues
- #384150: Cross-link content type settings from node add/edit form
- #3047756: Add a "Create content type" link to the content listing page
Note that as proposed in comment #54 below, I have separated out the issue of a secondary button on the Content listing page, since there are still UX decisions to be made (including a new UX pattern within the Admin UI), and potentially some larger technical issues to solve, in the hopes that we can see some momentum on this issue.