Dashboard
Your shop at a glance. Updates as you work.
Where things are
How This Works
Every section on your site is managed here. No code required.
- Notepad -- Private space for ideas, follow-ups, shop fixes. Autosaves.
- Clients -- Private tracker for every custom order. Hours, materials, money, notes. Nothing public.
- Materials -- Private stock sheet. Steel, titanium, hardware. Dashboard warns when anything's low.
- Homepage -- Every block of text on the front page, top to bottom. Hide, reorder, reset.
- Available Now -- Knives for sale right now. Drives the homepage cards and the Available page.
- Portfolio -- Every knife you want shown off, sorted into your categories. Change a category from the dropdown in the list.
- Catalog -- Your knife models (Claw, Balisword, Mini Spear, Harpoon). Edit specs, photos, prices, status. Each model tile shows up in the Catalog grid on the homepage.
- In the Shop -- WIP builds with progress bars. Show customers what's on the bench.
- Build Log -- Shop updates, progress shots, announcements.
- Events -- shows, gatherings, local meets.
- Testimonials -- Community feedback.
- Settings -- Show banner, colors and fonts, pause the site, password, backups.
Changes save automatically and show up on the live site immediately.
New here? Click How To / Help in the sidebar for step-by-step walkthroughs of every task, with pictures.
Notepad
Private. Only you see this. Good for shop ideas, follow-ups, materials running low, whatever.
Jot it down
SavedHow To / Help
Quick orientation. Takes 2 minutes.
Welcome, Wilfred
Everything on your website is managed from here. Tap a section in the sidebar, fill in the form, tap Done. It saves on its own and shows on the site right away.
1 The Pattern for Everything
Adding a model, logging a shop update, posting a testimonial -- it all works the same way. Learn it once and you've got all of it.
Click the section in the sidebar
Click the "+ Add" button at the top
Fill in the form, tap Done
Every field has a hint underneath. Skip any that don't apply. It saves while you type; Done just closes the form.
2 Adding a Photo
Every photo field works the same: tap Upload Photo, pick one from your camera roll, drag the box to frame it, tap Use this crop. iPhone photos convert on their own.
On a computer you can also paste a photo (Cmd-V) or drag a file onto the field. Photos upload to the cloud, so they show on the site from any device.
3 Colors and Fonts
Settings has a Colors & fonts panel. Site cards change what customers see; Admin cards only change this dashboard.
Settings → Colors & fonts
Four color schemes and six font packs, each for the site and for the admin. Tap a card and it saves.
Try before you commit
"Preview on site" under a font pack opens the homepage in that pack without saving. Visitors who picked their own colors from the gear on the site keep their pick.
If You Get Stuck
Under Construction Configurator
The build-your-own block for the Custom Orders section: visitors tap a blade, a material and a handle style, then text or DM you what they picked. Parked for now. Nothing on this tab shows on the site until you flip the switch below. Your cards and words are kept either way.
How to use this
- Under construction -- the whole block is off the site right now. Turn on Show on the site at the top of this tab when you want it back. Until then, Preview it is the only place it shows.
- Gallery -- the row of past customs above the Open Configurator button. Pick which portfolio builds go there.
- Materials -- one card per steel or handle stock. "Used for" decides whether it shows under Blade material, Handle material, or both. Add a photo and tick the portfolio builds it has been on.
- Handles (handle styles) and Blades (blade shapes) -- the shapes you make. "Flagship" makes a card bigger and puts it first (the Balisword lives under Handles).
- Every card saves on its own. Tap Preview it to watch it land.
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Catalog
Your list of knife models. These are the tiles that show up in the Catalog grid on the homepage and on the Portfolio page. For "what's for sale right now," use the Available Now tab.
Available Now
Knives ready to ship. These drive both the homepage "Available Now" teaser and the full /available.html page. Public buyers contact you through the "Contact to Buy" button on each card.
How to use this
Add a knife when it's finished, photographed, and ready to sell. Every field you fill shows up on the public page.
- Photo is the biggest thing on the card -- use a clean shot that shows the whole knife. Paste / drag / upload.
- Tagline is the one-liner under the name. Keep it short (e.g. "Channel full dress. Dialed action.").
- Description is 1-3 sentences on what makes it feel like this knife. His own words, maker voice only.
- Specs (Weight / Blade / Handle / Build Lead) appear in a grid at the bottom of the card. Skip any that don't apply.
- Badge Style decides the color of the status pill (standard = navy, flagship = brass, debut + limited = accent).
- Order arrows in the table control what shows up first on the public page. Hottest knife on top.
- Hide takes it off the public site without deleting. Useful when you pull a piece for a show or a hold.
Changes save to the cloud the moment you stop typing. Open the Available page to see them.
Page copy & hero textEverything shown above the knife grid on /available.html.
Live
Open the Available Now tab in the sidebar once to load this.
Page title & link previewWhat Google, text messages and Instagram show for the Available page.
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Homepage teaser headingThe small title block above the 3 Ready-to-Ship cards on the homepage.
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Ready to Ship
One row per knife that's for sale right now. Use the arrows to reorder.
In the Shop
Current builds on the bench. Show customers what's being worked on right now.
Portfolio
Every knife worth showing off. Sort them into categories, move them around in one click, mark which ones are featured.
Page copy & header textThe big text above the build grid on /portfolio.html.
Live
Open the Portfolio tab in the sidebar once to load this.
Page title & link previewWhat Google, text messages and Instagram show for the Portfolio page.
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Homepage
Every editable section on your homepage. Changes save on their own and show on the site right away. Hit Preview to watch them land.
How this works
One panel per section of your main page. Click a panel header to open it and edit the copy. Every field autosaves about half a second after you stop typing. Hit the Hide Section toggle to remove the whole block from the public site without deleting anything. Reset to Default wipes your edits on that section back to the original copy.
Build Log
Updates from the shop. Progress, new tools, announcements.
Shows & Events
Shows, gatherings, local meets. What's listed here is what the homepage shows.
Testimonials
Community feedback and reviews.
Clients
Private. Nothing here shows on the public site. Track every custom order from first message to shipping.
How to use this
Add a client when someone commits to a build. Log hours as you go. Record materials, blems, payments, anything you'd otherwise scribble in a notebook. This stays private in the admin.
Client List
Filter by status using the table header, or just add new ones.
Materials
Private. Stock sheet for steel, titanium, hardware, abrasives. Tap the −/+ buttons to log what you used.
How to use this
Add each material you keep around. Set a "low" threshold so the dashboard warns you before you run out. The −1 / +1 buttons let you quick-log consumption or restock without opening the full edit form.
Stock List
Rows highlighted brass are at or below the low threshold. Tap the row name to edit details.
Settings
Site configuration, themes, and data management.
Blade Show Mode
Turn this on before Blade Show to add a banner at the top of your site with your booth number. Customers scanning a QR code or visiting your site at the show will see it immediately.
Site Controls
Push a refresh to everyone's browser, or take the public site down for maintenance. These hit polecatknives.com -- your admin dashboard stays open either way, so you can always switch things back.
Force update
Tells every visitor's browser to drop its cached copy and pull your latest content. Use it after a big change if someone says they're still seeing the old site.
Pause website
Sends everyone on the public site to a "down for maintenance" page. Your admin stays open so you can flip it back on whenever you're ready.
Words on the paused pageWhat visitors read while the site is paused.
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Colors & fonts
"Site" is what customers see on polecatknives.com. "Admin" is this dashboard only. Both save to the cloud, so your phone and laptop match. Tap a card to use it.
Site colors
Site fonts
Each pack sets the headline, body, spec and label fonts together. Want to mix your own? Homepage tab, Typography panel.
Admin colors
Admin fonts
Your account
Signed in as --. Close this tab to stay logged in, or log out below.
Change password
Updates your admin password.
Grant access
Need to log in on a different device? Enter an existing Polecat admin email and we'll send a one-time login link (expires in 1 hour). This does not create new users.
Backups
Everything you save here lives in the cloud. Export downloads a copy to keep. Import puts a copy back and replaces what is live, so it asks first.
Storage Inspector
Content Counts
Theme State (Site & Admin)
Environment
Raw JSON Editor
Pick any localStorage key to view/edit. Save overwrites the key atomically.
Quick Actions
Surgical Resets
Wipe specific slices without nuking everything.