Admin Overview
The Admin area is where you manage the important settings behind your Genie app. It gives you one place to review your app, connect business tools, manage forms, turn on sign-in, check analytics, add domains, and adjust app settings.
You do not need to be technical to use Admin. Most sections are designed around clear actions such as Connect, Save, Test, Publish, and Refresh.
How to Open Admin
- Open your Genie app in the builder.
- Look for the Admin button in the workspace.
- Select Admin.
- Choose the section you want from the Admin menu.
Admin opens as a workspace panel, so you can manage your app without leaving the builder.
What You Can Manage in Admin
Admin may include these sections:
- Overview: See the current app status and quick details.
- Users: Review workspace users, roles, and invitations.
- Database: View app data tables and activity for apps that store data.
- Authentication: Turn login and signup features on or off.
- Forms: Connect contact forms, view submissions, and change form settings.
- Analytics: Review visits, traffic, performance, and search-related data.
- Security Audit: Check for security warnings and ask Genie to help fix them.
- Domains: Connect built-in and custom domains.
- Secrets: Save private keys and tokens used by integrations.
- Integrations: Connect services such as Stripe.
- Settings: Review app details, favicon, preview links, repository information, and deletion options.
Some sections may show more or fewer options depending on your app, plan, and whether the app has been published.
Recommended Setup Order
For a new business app, a good setup order is:
- Forms: Connect your contact or quote request form.
- Authentication: Turn on login if visitors need accounts.
- Integrations: Connect Stripe if the app accepts payments.
- Domains: Choose the app's live address.
- Secrets: Add private keys only when an integration requires them.
- Analytics: Review traffic after the app is published.
- Security Audit: Run checks before launch and after major changes.
You do not need to configure every section. Use only the sections that match your app.
Preview vs Published App
Some Admin settings work in preview, while others need the app to be published first.
Preview is useful for:
- checking layout changes
- testing basic forms
- testing login screens
- checking whether buttons and pages appear correctly
Published app is usually required for:
- full payment testing with Stripe
- production login redirects
- custom domains
- final analytics
- syncing some private secrets to the live app
If a feature says to publish before testing, publish the app and then run one final test on the live URL.
Common Admin Words
Connection
A connection means your app is linked to another service. For example, a Stripe connection lets a checkout button use Stripe.
Binding
A binding means Admin connected a specific item in your app to a service. For example, connecting one checkout button to Stripe or one contact form to CloudMySite Forms.
You usually do not need to remember the word. In the UI, look for actions such as Connect to app form, Connect checkout, or Change app form.
Secret
A secret is a private value such as an API key or token. Secrets should not be typed into normal app text, page content, or public code. Use Admin > Secrets or the integration setup screen.
Test Mode
Test mode is a safe way to try features before using real customers or real payments.
Stripe test mode is especially important because it lets you test payment flows without charging real cards.
Before Launch Checklist
Before sharing your app publicly:
- Submit a test form and confirm it appears in Forms > Submissions.
- If using Stripe, test checkout in Stripe test mode first.
- If using Authentication, test signup, login, logout, and Google login if enabled.
- Confirm your domain opens the correct app.
- Run Security Audit if available.
- Open the app on a phone and desktop.
- Publish the latest version.