# The projects dashboard

> Where your projects live — the "What are you building?" chooser, project cards with their real address and live state, search by name, domain or id, the archive, and account settings in a panel.

Source: https://knowledge.estage.com/workspace/dashboard/
Part of the ESTAGE knowledge base (https://knowledge.estage.com). Full corpus: https://knowledge.estage.com/llms-full.txt

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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.

## Starting a project

**New project** opens a **"What are you building?"** chooser rather than dropping you straight into
a blank prompt:

| Choice | What you get |
| --- | --- |
| **Website** | The AI website builder — a complete React site, publishable to your own domain |
| **Mobile app** | A real iOS/Android app — see [Mobile apps](/platform/mobile-apps/) |

Each option is explained on the card, so you're picking a target rather than guessing. You can add
the other targets later: one project can hold a Website, a
[Web app](/platform/web-apps/) and a Mobile app side by side — see
[Apps inside a project](/platform/apps/).

Already run a community, CRM or products on the classic Estage platform? Use **Import Legacy**
instead of starting fresh — see [Connecting a legacy community](/community/legacy-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.
- **An honest Live state** — a project shows as live only while it actually is. Unpublishing it
  clears the badge.
- **The publish date** — taken from the last real publish, not from the last time you edited
  something.

## Finding a project

The search box matches on **name**, **domain**, and **project id** — 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.

## The project menu

Each card's **⋯** menu holds the per-project actions — opening settings, and for imported
projects, **Re-bind to Estage project…** (see
[General → Re-bind](/project-settings/general/#re-bind-to-another-estage-project)).

## The archive

Archived projects — including the old project left behind by a re-bind — are kept in the
dashboard's **Archive**, and can be restored from there at any time. Archiving is not deleting.

## 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.

- **Allocation & credits** — billing, your allocation, and your credit balance live together in one
  tab.
- **Buying** happens right where you are: purchase flows open in the panel instead of sending you
  off to a settings page.