The operator's handbook
Every screen in this panel: what it does, what it changes, who sees the change, when to reach for it — and how to undo it. Written for the person on shift, not for the person who built it.
- How the panel worksThe three rules that hold the whole thing together, what this handbook promises about every control, and where the numbers come from.3 sections
- Admins, roles and accessAdding a colleague, what each role may do, the one demotion the panel refuses, and why an admin is disabled rather than deleted.5 sections
- The catalogPublishing a reel to the blog: the editor, what the two files are for, what publishing actually does, and how to take it back.6 sections
- Moderation and announcementsThe queue, what approving and rejecting actually do, and the banner that appears on the public site without a deploy.3 sections
- Site accountsFinding an account, moving it between plans, signing it out, banning it, deleting it — and what each of those costs the person on the other end.5 sections
- PlansThe monthly limit, the ninety capabilities behind each plan, the default plan, and the two deletions the panel refuses.4 sections
- Billing and revenuePaddle prices, subscriptions, the ledger, reconciliation, and the difference between what a price says and what a subscriber pays.4 sections
- Flags, keys, mail and limitsThe four platform screens: which of them do something today, which are honest editors for a table nobody reads yet, and what each costs to get wrong.4 sections
- SettingsThree knobs, each read on the path it describes: the default plan, open registration, moderation on every save, and maintenance mode.5 sections
- The audit logEvery admin action, append-only, with actor, target and source IP — what it can prove and what it cannot.3 sections
- RunbooksThe procedures that cross screens: publishing, a serious report, somebody who paid and did not get it, and taking the site down safely.5 sections
Two things worth knowing before you touch anything
Every change you make here is written to the audit log, with your name and the address you made it from, and nothing in this application can edit that log afterwards. And four screens in this panel are honest editors for a table no service reads yet — they are marked in amber wherever they appear, here and on themselves.