# Projects

Projects are how you organize your work on Makenot.work. A project groups related items together: an album, a podcast, a software product, a course.

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## Creating a Project

From your dashboard, click **New Project** and set:

- **Name**: Display name for the project (e.g., "Debut Album", "Sound Design Toolkit")
- **Slug**: URL-friendly name that becomes your project address (e.g., `debut-album`)
- **Description**: What the project is about, shown on the project page
- **Category**: The type of content (Music, Software, Writing, etc.)

> [!UI] project-edit-form

## Project URLs

Every project gets a permanent URL:

```
makenot.work/p/your-project-slug
```

You control the slug when creating the project.

## Project Settings

From the project dashboard, configure:

- **Category**: Helps fans find your project through discovery and search
- **Git repositories**: Link source code repos (shown via the built-in git browser)
- **Labels**: Platform commitment badges (e.g., "DRM-Free", "No LLMs Used") that your project can opt into
- **Cover image**: Visual representation shown on your profile and in search
- **Description**: Markdown-supported project description
- **Visibility**: Public or draft (draft projects are only visible to you)

## Project Analytics

Each project has its own analytics tab showing:

- **Revenue**: Total earnings with period-over-period comparison
- **Sales**: Transaction count for selected time range
- **Followers**: How many people follow this project
- **Top items**: Which items earn the most
- **Revenue chart**: Bar chart bucketed by time period

Time range selector: 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, all-time.

## Membership Tiers

Create monthly membership tiers per project:

1. Go to project dashboard > Membership Tiers tab
2. Add tiers with name, price, and description
3. Toggle tiers active/inactive without deleting them

Fans join through the payment checkout. Billing, renewals, and cancellations are handled by the payment processor.

Membership tiers are separate from [Fan+](./fan-plus.md), which is a platform-wide membership.

## Promo Codes

Create promotional codes scoped to a project:

- **Discount codes**: Percentage or fixed amount off, with optional usage limits and expiration
- **Download codes**: Single-use codes for free access, useful for press copies and giveaways

Share discount-applied links with `?discount=CODE` appended to any item URL.

## Blog Posts

Every project includes a blog. Blog posts use the same markdown editor as text items:

- Draft/publish workflow
- Included in the project's RSS feed
- Included in data exports
- Separate from items; they have their own tab

Blog posts are always free. Use them for updates, announcements, liner notes, or changelogs.

## Ordering Items

Drag to reorder items within a project. The order you set is the order fans see on the project page.

## Data Export

Export all project data as JSON from the dashboard. Exports include items, sales counts, chapters, versions, license keys, blog posts, and all metadata.

## Deleting a Project

Deleting a project removes it and all its items permanently. Fans who purchased items lose access. Export your data first if you need a backup.

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## See Also

- [Items](./items.md): Creating and managing individual content
- [Content Overview](./02-content.md): Content types, versions, and chapters
- [Pricing Models](../about/pricing.md): Fixed price, PWYW, and memberships
- [Analytics & Dashboard](./analytics.md): Revenue charts and transaction history