What is a Studio.Design project?
A project is the core concept behind building a site in Studio.Design. It's the space where you create, publish, and manage your website.
Each project can create and publish only one website.
A single account can create and manage multiple projects.
This article introduces the basic concept of projects and how to manage multiple projects using workspaces.
For how to use the project list, see Creating and managing projects. For how to use the project dashboard, see Using the dashboard.
Plans and pricing
You subscribe to a pricing plan for each project.
Available features—such as the number of publishable pages and storage capacity—differ by plan. For plan types, details, and pricing, see How to choose a project plan.
Inviting user accounts and setting permissions
By inviting other user accounts to a project, multiple accounts can manage and operate the site together. Each participating account is assigned one of the following roles (permissions), which determines what they can do.
Role | Main permissions |
Owner | Manages the entire project and can perform all actions. |
Billing Owner | Has the same permissions as the Owner, plus access to billing-related actions such as viewing and updating payment information. |
Editor | Can edit in the Design Editor and Studio CMS. Cannot change plans or manage payment information. |
For role details and setup, see Manage roles (permissions) for project members.
The diagram below shows an example of project management.
Each project can be on a different plan, and multiple user accounts can participate.
The two management screens for a project
Each project has two management screens—the Design Editor and the Dashboard—each used to configure and manage the following:
Screen | What you manage |
Design Editor | Edit your site's design |
Dashboard | Content management, analytics, plan and member management, and various settings |
To learn how to view and open each screen, see the articles below.
Opening a project
Sign in to Studio.Design and open the project list.
Hover over the thumbnail of the project you want to open.
When [Dashboard] and [Editor] appear, click the screen you want to open.
In the vertical list view, click [Editor] (shown on hover) to open the editor. Clicking anywhere else takes you to the dashboard.
Configuring project settings
Information used to manage a project—such as the project name and cover image—can be configured under [Home] > [Project Settings].
For details on each setting, see Project settings.
Managing multiple projects together
If you want to manage multiple projects and accounts in one place, use the Workspace feature. We recommend using it once you start working with several projects.
Use case | Description |
Organizing projects | By separating projects into different workspaces, you can keep internal, client, and other projects from getting mixed together. |
Centralized billing | You can organize billing and payment information for multiple sites at the workspace level. |
Account management | You can invite, remove, and manage account permissions in bulk at the workspace level. |
For details, see What is a workspace?