Project Hub

The Project Hub is the landing screen of the desktop application. It displays all existing events as a card grid and provides entry points for creating new projects or importing backups.

First Launch

When no projects exist yet, the hub shows a welcome screen with two options:

Create Project - Opens the new project dialog.
Import Backup - Accepts a .json backup file previously exported from the application. See Import & Export.

The welcome screen shown when no projects exist — The welcome screen when no projects have been created yet.

Creating a Project

Clicking Create Project opens a dialog with the following fields:

Name (required) - The display name for the event.
Location (optional) - A general location for the event.
Start Date (required) - The first day of the event.
End Date (required) - The last day of the event. Must not be before the start date.

Once the required fields are filled in, click Create to open the project and proceed to the main dashboard.

Project Cards

When multiple projects exist, each is displayed as a card showing:

The project name as the card heading.
Location if one has been set.
Date range showing start and end dates.
A status badge indicating the project's current state: draft (grey), optimised (purple), finalised (blue), or published (green).

Click any card to open that project. If only one project exists, it is opened automatically.