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title: "2. First steps in PageSeeder"
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description: "A guide for administrators on creating their first PageSeeder project and group, covering dashboard navigation, form completion, and character restrictions."
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# First steps in PageSeeder

**Sign in** to PageSeeder as an [administrator](../../reference/glossary/administrator.md) and **enable** the [developer view](../../reference/glossary/developer_view.md). To learn about what [projects](../../reference/glossary/project.md) and [groups](../../reference/glossary/group.md) are in PageSeeder, read [1. Before you start](1_before_you_start.md).

Great, lets get our feet wet!

## Create a first project

Go to the **PageSeeder dashboard**.

Click the **New project** link in the **System administration** menu on the left-hand side.

Fill out the form:

![Create project page](/content/get_started/new_developers/../../images/get_started/create_project_page_v60000.webp)

| Title | The short title of the project displayed in the user interface. *This is usually just one or two words.* |
| --- | --- |
| Name | The name of the project is automatically generated from the title, but you can change it if you prefer. It prefixes all groups in that project. |
| Description | A description for the project – it appears next to the project in various pages in PageSeeder. |

> **Note:** There are restrictions on the characters that can be used in the [project name](../../reference/glossary/names_project_group.md).

If things work out as planned, the following screen displays after clicking **Submit**.

![Create project page – Project created](/content/get_started/new_developers/../../images/get_started/project_created_v60000.webp)

Click the **Go to project** button to go to the dashboard of the newly created project. The next screen shows the project dashboard.

![Project dashboard](/content/get_started/new_developers/../../images/get_started/project_dashboard_v60000.webp)

 

## Create the first group

Next, we need to create a group within the project.

From the project dashboard, click the **Create group** link.

Fill out the form:

![ Create group page](/content/get_started/new_developers/../../images/get_started/create_group_page_v60000.webp)

| Title | The short title of the group displayed in the user interface. *This is usually just one or two words.* |
| --- | --- |
| Name | The name of the group. The full name of the group is automatically prefixed by the name of the project. |
| Description | A description for this group. It often appears beside the group in the user interface*.* |

Click the **Submit** button to create the group:

![Create group page – Group created](/content/get_started/new_developers/../../images/get_started/group_created_v60000.webp)

Click the **Go to group** button to go to the dashboard of the newly created group.

![Group dashboard](/content/get_started/new_developers/../../images/get_started/group_dashboard_v60000.webp)

## *Next...*

Have a look at the big picture in [3. Overall Architecture](3_overall_architecture.md).