The dashboard is the first screen you see when you open UserLoop Contests. It gives you a snapshot of your contest activity and quick access to everything you need.

## Setup Guide

If you're new to the app, you'll see a setup guide at the top of the dashboard with two steps:

1. **Create your first contest** — Links to the contest creation page.
2. **Get your first entry** — Suggests ways to share your contest: copy the link, enable the popup block, or embed a form block.

The progress bar shows how far along you are. Once both steps are complete, you can dismiss the guide.

## Overview Stats

Four key metrics are displayed at the top:

- **Active Contests** — Number of contests currently accepting entries.
- **Total Entries** — All-time entry count across all contests.
- **Entries (30 days)** — Entries received in the last 30 days.
- **Avg. Conversion** — The average conversion rate across your contests (entries divided by page views, as a percentage).

## Theme Integration Status

Two status indicators show whether your theme is set up to display contests:

- **Contest Popup** — Shows "Ready" if you have active contests that can be shown as popups.
- **Form Block** — Shows "Ready" if you have active contests available for embedded form blocks.

Each links directly to your Shopify theme editor so you can enable the blocks.

## Recent Contests

The bottom section shows your five most recent contests as cards. Each card displays:

- Contest title and status badge (Active, Draft, Ended, or Archived)
- Entry count
- View count (page views from analytics)
- Conversion rate
- Date range
- Last updated time

Hover over a contest card to see quick actions: **Preview** (opens the public contest page) and **Edit** (goes to the contest detail page).

## Navigation

Use the sidebar to navigate between:

- **Home** — The dashboard (this page)
- **Contests** — Full list of all your contests with filtering and management tools

The **Create contest** button in the page header takes you directly to the contest creation form.