Overview: Dashboard Administration

Introduction

Dashboard provides a large collection of built-in tools which streamlines the event management process. From dynamically changing what users can view to judging submitted projects, using Dashboard can save significant time when running the event.

There are two major categories for administration in Dashboard:

1. Pre-deployment setup and configuration (Changes to make before hosting the website)
2. Post-deployment configuration and management (Features and functionality you can change from the website directly)

Overview

Pre-Deployment Configuration

Before deploying your Dashboard instance to a hosting service like Heroku, you can make changes to a lot of the styling and messages that users will interact with. By following the Getting Started Page with the option to create your own submodule, you can change the appearances of Dashboard, from the hackathon name and logo to the messages users see on information pages. It can be beneficial to make changes to these pages locally and view them before deploying to save time.

Post-Deployment Configuration

After deploying Dashboard, you gain the powerful features that will make managing the event in real-time possible. Before modifying any other configuration settings, you should read up on how to use Feature Flags To Control Page Access. Then from there, you can explore what Dashboard has to offer, such as Event Applications and Slack Integration to name a few.