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Dashboard

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The Dashboard is the first page you see when you log in. It shows how your live campaigns are doing, your most recent campaigns, how much of your plan you've used, what's new in ShortStack, and where to learn more. Get back to it any time by clicking Dashboard in the navigation menu.

Open the Dashboard

You land on the Dashboard when you log in. To get back to it:

  • Anywhere in ShortStack: click Dashboard in the navigation menu, or go straight to the Dashboard.
  • In the Campaign Builder: click the menu icon (three lines) at the top left, then Home.

What's on the Dashboard

The numbers below match the numbered areas in the screenshot.

The ShortStack home screen with its seven areas numbered: the Overview metrics row, Top Performing Campaigns, Recent Campaigns, Account Usage, What's New, Learn, and the navigation sidebar down the left.

1. Overview

Totals across all your live campaigns: Campaign Views, Entries, Shares and Clicks. For more detail, see the Analytics Manager.

2. Top performing campaigns

Scale plan or higher. Your top three campaigns by views, entries and conversion rate.

3. Recent campaigns

Your latest campaigns. Click a thumbnail or name to open it in the Campaign Builder. On the Scale plan or higher, click the analytics icon to see a summary of how it's doing.

4. Account usage

Your campaign views this month and your stored entries, against your plan's limits. Keep an eye on these to avoid overage charges. See Understanding campaign view and entry limits.

5. What's new

The latest ShortStack updates. Click All Updates for the full list.

6. Learn

Help for getting more out of ShortStack:

  • Documentation: the help center.
  • University: step-by-step lessons on every part of ShortStack.
  • Video Tutorials: short walkthroughs.
  • Get Help: ways to reach support.

7. Navigation

The navigation menu down the left side. See Navigating your account.

If something goes wrong

What you seeWhat to do
A section in the screenshot isn't on your DashboardTop Performing Campaigns needs the Scale plan or higher. See Upgrading your plan.
The Overview numbers look lowThey include live campaigns only. Check each campaign in the Analytics Manager.
You can't find the answer you needEmail support@shortstack.com.

FAQs

Why don't I see Top Performing Campaigns?

It needs the Scale plan or higher. So does the analytics icon on each recent campaign.

How do I get back to the Dashboard from the Campaign Builder?

Click the menu icon (three lines) at the top left of the Campaign Builder, then Home.

Which campaigns do the Overview numbers include?

All your live campaigns together. For one campaign's numbers, see the Analytics Manager.

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