# The projects dashboard > Where your projects live — the new-project chooser, imports, project cards and their ⋯ menu, folders, search, the archive, and account settings in a panel. Source: https://knowledge.estage.com/getting-started/dashboard/ Part of the ESTAGE knowledge base (https://knowledge.estage.com). Full corpus: https://knowledge.estage.com/llms-full.txt --- The **dashboard** is the page behind the logo: every project you own or have been invited to, plus the entry point for creating a new one. It opens on **All Projects**, with the count of your projects under the title. ## Starting a project **New Project** opens a **"What are we building today?"** chooser rather than dropping you straight into a blank prompt: | Choice | What you get | | --- | --- | | **Website or Hub** | Landing pages, funnels, websites or a full ecosystem — publishable to your own domain | | **Web app** (Beta) | A server-rendered Next.js app with its own server. You buy a package of build hours when you create it, and a machine for the site when you publish — see [Web apps](/platform/web-apps/) | | **Mobile app** (Beta) | A native iOS/Android app built with React Native — see [Mobile apps](/platform/mobile-apps/) | | **Desktop app** (Beta) | A macOS and Windows app built with Electron — see [Desktop apps](/platform/desktop-apps/) | Each card explains when to pick it, so you're choosing a target rather than guessing. A **Mobile app** may need a one-time purchase to unlock, and a **Desktop app** can only be started from inside the [ESTAGE Genesis desktop app](/workspace/desktop-app/). You can add the other targets later: one project can hold a Website, a Web app, a Mobile app and a Desktop app side by side — see [Apps inside a project](/platform/apps/). ## Importing a project **Import** brings in work from somewhere else instead of starting fresh: | Option | What it does | | --- | --- | | **Share code** | Clones a project someone shared with you (they create the code with **Share a copy…**) | | **Legacy Estage** | Attaches an existing project from the classic ESTAGE platform by its id — see [Connecting a legacy community](/community/legacy-import/) | | **Lovable** | Upload a .zip or pull from GitHub | | **Base44** | Upload a .zip or pull from GitHub | | **Claude Design** | Upload a design export or any site .zip — see [Claude Design import](/capabilities/claude-design-import/) | ## What a project card tells you Every card carries the project's identity, not just its name: - **The address it lives at** — its custom domain if it has one, otherwise its `…genesis.estage.com` address. A project that was never published shows the address it will get, dimmed, until you publish. - **The project ID** — click it to copy it. - **An honest state** — **Live** only while the site is actually published (unpublishing clears it), **In progress** when it has content but isn't published, **Draft** when nothing has been generated yet. - **The date** — **Published** with the date of the last real publish, or **Created** for a project that was never published. - **Badges** — **Shared** for a project someone invited you to, and **Web app**, **Mobile** or **Desktop** for those targets. - **Pinned shortcuts** — the first three things you've [pinned](/workspace/#search-everything-with-k) that apply to the project, as icons that go straight there (Orders, SEO, …). Hover a published project's thumbnail for **Preview**, which opens the live site. ## Finding and arranging projects - The search box matches on **name**, **project ID**, and **domain** — so a project you know only by the address a client sent you, or by an id from a support thread, is one search away. - **Sort** by **Custom order** (drag cards to arrange them), **Last opened**, **Name** or **Last published**, and switch between grid and list view. - **New Folder** creates a folder; drag a project onto a folder to move it there. A folder's menu has **Rename**, **Manage members** and **Delete**. ## The project menu Each card's **⋯** menu — or a right-click on the card — takes you where you meant to go without opening the builder first: - **Search in this project** — opens [⌘K search](/workspace/#search-everything-with-k) scoped to the project. - **Pinned** — your pins that apply to this project. - **Open builder**, **View live site**, and **Open community** (or **Create a community** when the project has none yet). - **CRM** — Contacts, Orders, Products, Bookings and more, each in a new tab. - **Funnels** — your latest funnels, or start a new one. - **Insights** and the **Blog editor**, when they're on. While analytics is off, the menu offers the setting that turns it on, marked **Off**. - **Domain & Email** — DNS records and mailboxes, or connect, buy or transfer a domain if the project has none. - **Settings** — every tab you can open, grouped like the Settings page. - **Invite people…**, and for the owner **Share a copy…**, **Duplicate…** and **Move to folder…**. - **Archive** (owner) or **Leave project…** (a member). A Web app has **Delete…** instead of Archive, because its server keeps billing while it exists. If the project holds more than one app, an **App** switch at the top of the menu points **Open builder** and **Settings** at the app you pick. Team members see only what their [role](/project-settings/roles/) lets them open. ## The archive Archiving takes a project out of your list and its site off the web, but keeps the work. You confirm it by typing the project's name. Archived projects — including the old project left behind by a [re-bind](/project-settings/general/#re-bind-to-another-estage-project) — sit in the dashboard's **Archive** folder, where each one's menu has **Restore** and **Delete permanently**. :::caution A project stays in the Archive for **30 days**, then it is deleted permanently. **Delete permanently** removes it right away and cannot be undone. ::: ## Account settings, without leaving the page Your account settings open **in a panel over whatever you're doing**, the same way project settings do — no bouncing to a separate page and losing your place. - **Billing & invoices**, **Allocation & credits**, **Usage** and **Subscriptions** are separate tabs — see [Account settings](/account/). - **Buying** happens right where you are: purchase flows open in the panel instead of sending you off to a settings page. ## Things worth knowing - The ESTAGE logo at the top left of the dashboard opens the [Welcome Hub](/getting-started/welcome-hub/). - When your credits run low, a banner on the dashboard offers **Top up**; you can dismiss it for the session. - The **What's new** button in the header lists recent Genesis updates, and shows a dot while there are ones you haven't seen.