Projects
A project is the container for one production: its files, synced show data, tasks, calendar, team, and public page. This page walks through the dashboard and every project tab.
The dashboard
Section titled “The dashboard”Projects (sidebar, or the logo) shows a card grid of every project you’re a member of — cover image, name, and metadata. There’s a search box, and a Show archived toggle that reveals archived projects with a Restore button on each card.
Creating a project: click New project, give it a name (description, production type, and event date are optional — you can fill them in later in Settings). You become the project’s owner.
Every member has one of three roles:
| Role | Can |
|---|---|
| Owner | Everything — settings, team management, delete/archive |
| Editor | Upload files, edit tasks/calendar/shows, comment |
| Viewer | Read and comment |
Overview
Section titled “Overview”The project’s home page. A header band (with the cover image, if set) shows name, description, status, production type, event date, file and member counts, and a stacked avatar strip linking to the Team tab.
Below that:
- Helm Cues panel — appears once a paired Cues app has synced. Shows the synced show name, frame rate, track count, clips, uploaded-media stats, team/roles from the desktop, and the sync version + who pushed it. If media referenced in the show hasn’t been uploaded yet, a “local only” warning counts it.
- Shows / Setlists panel — build ordered setlists from the synced tracks; see Tracks & shows.
- Project content browser — tabbed by category: Tracks / Sequences, Audio, Video, Images, Documents, each with a count. Track rows open the track page; media tiles open the file viewer. Files referenced in the Cues show but not yet uploaded appear as greyed “Local only” ghost tiles with their desktop paths listed.
- Activity panel — the latest comments across the project’s files, linking straight to the file they were left on.
Assets (files & folders)
Section titled “Assets (files & folders)”The Assets tab is the full file manager:
- Upload by drag-and-drop anywhere on the page or via the file picker — uploads go straight to storage with a progress bar, no size juggling in between.
- Folders — create, rename, delete; a tree sidebar plus breadcrumbs for navigation. Drag files onto folders (or multi-select and use bulk move) to reorganise.
- Folder permissions — per-folder grants for users or groups (view / edit / share / deny), so a “Client deliverables” folder can be wider than a “Working files” one.
- File viewer — click any file: video and images open in annotatable viewers, audio opens a waveform player, PDFs render inline, anything else offers a download. Timestamped comments on media appear in the project activity feed.
If a paired Helm Cues app is syncing, it uploads the show’s media and mirrors its folder structure here automatically — the Assets tab shows the same organisation the user sees on the desktop.
A lightweight production checklist, grouped into colour-coded areas (e.g. Lighting, Video, Logistics):
- Add areas with + New area (pick a colour), then add tasks inline within each area.
- Each task has a checkbox, an editable title, a doing pill for in-progress, an assignee picker (project members), and an optional due date/time.
- Progress bars per area and overall (done/total) sit in the header.
- Tasks with due dates also show up as chips on the Calendar, and the per-area progress can be published to the public page as a progress block — names and counts only, never task detail.
Viewers see the tracker read-only.
Calendar
Section titled “Calendar”Month grid (weeks start Monday) and a list view:
- + Event (or double-click a day) opens the editor: title, type (Show, Rehearsal, Load-in, Load-out, Meeting, Deadline, Travel, Other — each colour-coded), all-day or timed, location, notes, and an optional link to one of the project’s setlists.
- Day cells show up to three event chips (then “+n more”) plus read-only chips for any tasks due that day, linking back to the Tasks tab.
- Members list — avatar, name, email, role. Owners can change roles inline or remove members.
- Invite member — enter an email and pick Editor or Viewer. The invitee joins with that role when they sign in.
- Groups — named sets of members (e.g. “Lighting team”) used as targets for folder permission grants. System groups (Everyone, Owners) maintain themselves; custom groups are created and managed here.
Settings
Section titled “Settings”Owner territory:
- Project details — name, description, production type, event date.
- Cover image — pick any image already uploaded to the project, then tune the header band: height, focal point, cover/contain fit, with a live preview.
- Public page — enable/disable, title, description, coarse section toggles, password, and which folders are publicly visible; the full block editor lives in the page builder.
- Danger zone — Archive (hides from the dashboard, restorable) or Delete forever (type the project name to confirm; removes files, comments, and sync history permanently).