Start task, suggestion, inventory
Setup counts exactly three things. Everything else is either an offer or a fact.
Setup holds two kinds of content: a short, countable task list, and the inventory below it. The inventory may be empty without anything being missing. There is therefore no state called “fully set up”. A space without rooms is finished, not incomplete.
| Term | What it is |
|---|---|
| Start task | One of exactly three things without which your space may not go public. Cannot be dismissed. Is counted. |
| Suggestion | Something optional the list offers. Can be hidden one by one. Is never counted. |
| Inventory | What your space has, in five sections. Every row carries a fact, such as “12 desks” or “none”. |
The three start tasks are Add desks, Set your first plan and Fill in the Impressum. In which order you do them is up to you. The only number in the whole area is “x of 3”.
Stripe is not a start task but a suggestion: Accept card and direct debit. Without Stripe your members pay their invoices by bank transfer. See Connect Stripe. There is deliberately no progress bar across everything, and optional things never have a counter.
The list shows at most three tasks; the rest sits behind and N more. Things you have done and suggestions you have hidden are not gone, only folded away: the footer Done and optional opens the Done and Hidden groups.
The area has four states, and the marker at the top always shows the current one:
| State | Condition | Marker |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | at least one start task open | N open, amber |
| Ready | all three done, not published yet | ready to go, green |
| Live | published, nothing broken | All done, grey |
| Attention | published, a prerequisite has lapsed | N open, amber |
There is no publish button. In the ready state the list holds exactly one task, Publish your space, and that leads to the switch on Public page. You take the same route when you later take the space off the net.
The list opens by itself only when a new required task appears. Once you have folded it away, it stays folded.