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Onboarding, branding, and first workspace setup

Learn the recommended setup flow after signup, including onboarding, company settings, theme controls, branding, mail settings, and the first admin configuration steps.

11 min read Updated April 3, 2026
Quick Summary

A clean rollout starts with the first workspace admin. The CRM includes a guided onboarding experience, workspace profile settings, branding tools, font and color controls, mail settings, design options, and access/routing settings that help teams feel like the system is theirs from the beginning.

Start with the guided onboarding flow

New workspace admins are guided through a first-login onboarding sequence. That flow is meant to reduce setup friction and make sure the core information is entered in the right order. Use it rather than skipping straight into random settings pages.

The onboarding path is especially important if you want the CRM to feel polished for the whole team. It helps the workspace owner set profile details, operational preferences, and launch priorities before more users arrive.

Use company settings and design settings together

Company settings control the business identity used across reports, PDFs, and general workspace context. Design settings control fonts, sidebar styling, palette choices, card styles, density, and other interface details.

If you want the workspace to feel branded and professional, update these together. A strong combination is logo, company profile, preferred color scheme, readable fonts, and a sidebar style that matches the team preference.

  • Set the company name, contact details, and report identity first.
  • Choose fonts and palette after the logo is in place.
  • Review how the sidebar and top shell look on both desktop and mobile.

Mail and communication settings should be confirmed early

The CRM supports platform-level and tenant-level mail settings. If tenant-specific SMTP is not configured, the system can fall back to the default platform mail path. This matters for 2FA emails, reset emails, verification emails, billing follow-up, and other communication flows.

A best practice is to send a live test email before inviting the rest of the team so security and notification flows do not surprise users later.

What the first admin should do before inviting the team

Before adding many users, define the workspace identity, review user roles, create one or two realistic sample jobs, test attachments, check messaging, and verify how dashboards and mobile layout feel. This creates a much smoother rollout because early confusion tends to spread quickly inside operations teams.

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