# Getting started

> On every new project, the “Getting started” block at the bottom right walks you in four steps to your first published post. It checks itself off.

Updated 2026-10-04

A new project raises a simple question: where do I start? Until its first post is live, joli.studio answers it for you. A **Getting started** block sits at the bottom right of the project pages (Home, Calendar, Posts, Brand, Results), with four numbered steps. The current step is lit up and says what it needs. It makes way for the post editor.

## The four steps

1. **Present your brand**

   It leads to the **Brand** page: analyze your website, or build the profile step by step. It checks off once the profile is complete enough to suggest a strategy. See [analyze your brand from your website](/en/guide/analyze-your-brand-from-your-website/).

2. **Prepare your calendar**

   It leads to **Calendar › Strategy**. It checks off once a strategy exists and the calendar has slots. See [generate a strategy](/en/guide/generate-a-strategy/).

3. **Write your first post**

   It leads to the first slot on the calendar. It checks off as soon as a post is ready, scheduled or published. See [create a post from a slot](/en/guide/create-a-post-from-a-slot/).

4. **Publish it**

   It leads to the **Publish** button of the ready post. It checks off when you click “It’s live!” See [publish a post](/en/guide/publish-a-post/).

There’s nothing for you to check: each step checks itself off based on what exists in the project. If a strategy is already there, the second step is checked too.

## On Home

The project’s **Home** page tells the current step in large type, with its button to get there. **Later** lets you move on to the next step.

## Fold, bring it back

- The block’s arrow **folds** it into a pill that keeps your progress (“Getting started · 2/4”); a click opens it again. This choice applies to this browser.
- The block can’t be closed until your first post is live: folded, it stays out of the way.
- To see it again once you’re done: the **help** menu, the question mark next to the bell (on a phone, at the bottom of the ☰ menu), then **Show getting started again**.

## Once you’re done

At your first live post, after the publishing celebration, a short note says your first steps are done, once, then the block goes away.

> **One block per project**
>
> Getting started lives project by project: every new project has its own, until its first post is live. It opens unfolded, even if your organization has already published from another project.

## On a phone

On a phone, a pill above the tab bar shows your progress; a tap opens the four steps in a sheet. The project’s **Home** still tells the current step, with its button and **Later**. See [joli.studio on your phone](/en/guide/joli-studio-on-your-phone/).

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Source: https://joli.studio/en/guide/getting-started/