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Dashboard Overview

The SimpleCommenter dashboard is your central place for managing feedback, projects, members, and project settings.

The sidebar changes depending on where you are.

Workspace View

Outside a project, the sidebar shows workspace-level areas:

  • Projects - All your websites and domains
  • Project template - Default settings stamped onto new projects at creation (workspace admins only)
  • Members - Invite teammates and manage workspace access (workspace admins only)
  • Billing - Subscription and payment details (workspace admins only)
  • Branding - White-label and branding options (workspace admins only)
  • Notifications - Your personal notification preferences
  • AI Agent (MCP) - Connect AI tools like Claude Code and Cursor

Project View

Inside a project, the sidebar shows the project's work areas:

  • Comments - Review and respond to feedback, page by page
  • Preview - Open your live website inside the dashboard to leave and review comments (Site Preview)
  • Board - Kanban view of comments grouped by status
  • Assets - Files and designs shared for feedback

Projects

Each project represents a website or domain where you have installed the widget.

Creating a Project

  1. Click + New Project in the dashboard
  2. Enter your domain
  3. Copy the installation code
  4. Add it to your website

Project Settings

Each project has a flat settings list in the sidebar:

  • General - Project name, domain, and the installation snippet
  • Access - Visibility, sign-in requirements, and client access
  • Workflow - Statuses and tags used to organize comments
  • Notifications - How your team is alerted to new feedback
  • Widget - Theme, functionalities, screenshots, and localization
  • Clients - External stakeholders invited to leave feedback
  • Integrations - Slack, Trello, webhooks, and other connected tools
  • Advanced - Advanced project options

You can have multiple projects on a single account. Each project tracks feedback for one website or domain.

Comments Workspace

The comments workspace is designed for day-to-day review work:

  • Page-by-page review - Open a page and see the feedback collected there
  • Status filters - Narrow the current view to the statuses you care about
  • Sorting - Order comments by newest, oldest, or priority
  • Thread actions - Reply, change status, update priority, or delete a comment
  • Attachments - Review screenshots and other files attached to the thread

Mobile Access

The dashboard is responsive, which makes it practical to:

  • Review new feedback on the go
  • Reply to urgent comments
  • Check project settings away from your desk

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