Ulakom dashboard guide: every screen, step by step
Updated Oct 14, 202618 min read
This guide walks through the Ulakom dashboard (app.ulakom.com) from start to finish, through a customer’s eyes. Each section tells you where a screen is, what’s on it and which article covers it in detail. Come back to this page whenever you get lost.
Dashboard map
| Area | Contents |
|---|---|
| Left menu (top) | + New post, Dashboard, Discover, Publish, Business Directory, Classifieds, Analytics, Pages, Comments, Inbox, Users, Chat, Bots, Library |
| Bottom left | Websites and your name (profile menu) |
| Profile menu | Add to balance, Websites, Settings, Billing, Setup service, Invite & Earn, Help & Support, Sign out |
| Site management menu | Websites → Manage: Subscription, Design, General, Extra Pages, E-Magazine, E-Newspaper, SEO, Newsletter, Notifications, Categories, Menu, Ads, Team, Languages, Import/Export |
| Bottom right | Setup wizard |
Tip
There is no account menu at the top right of the dashboard. Everything about your account is under your name at the bottom left. A site’s own settings are under Websites → Manage.
1. Dashboard (home)
Opens when you sign in: the “Welcome back” heading, the Write a new post card, live posts (per site), total conversations, credit balance, credit usage over the last 30 days and a chat chart for the last 7 days. Below are quick actions, connected sites, recent posts, drafts, most read and storage. Customise the dashboard with the layout icon at the top. → Dashboard home
2. New post (post editor)
- Toolbar: ← Posts, Write with AI (Write from Scratch / Edit Current Article), Save draft, Publish (Update on a published post), settings panel button.
- Body: feature image or video (From library, Upload, Generate with AI), title and content. On the feature image: Change, Enhance image quality, Add alt text, Remove.
- Post settings: excerpt (300), SEO title (70) and description (160) with AI suggestions; under Sites to share, per-site author, categories, content type (News / Column Article), social media and web push (Pro).
- In the Publish window choose “Right now” or a date, then Publish post / Schedule post.
→ Adding a post · Scheduling · Writing with AI
3. Discover
“Multi-Channel Trend Radar”: Google Trends (country, region, language and search volume filters; Create Post On This Topic for each trend, Import Content and Write With This Headline on stories), Royalty-Free News (category, city, only with images; Preview and Convert to Post) and, coming soon, Twitter / X Trends. The list refreshes every 15 minutes. → Discover
4. Publish
Posts from all your sites: List / Calendar views; All, Column Articles, Queue (scheduled), Drafts and Sent tabs; search, site filter and bulk delete. The chart icon on a row opens the post’s Insights panel. On template-based sites the Delete demo content notice appears here. → The Publish page
5. Business Directory and Classifieds
Both work the same way: tabs (All, Live, Pending, Rejected, Drafts / Closed), search, site and category filters. + Add New Business and + Add New Ad open two-step forms: first the details (contact, location, images, showcase and badges), then Choose sites. → Business directory · Classifieds
6. Analytics
Real reader data measured without cookies or stored IPs. Site picker and “X people reading now”; date ranges (Today to This year, Custom). The Overview tab has reads, visitors, sessions, average times, bounce rate, daily traffic, most active times and reading depth; the Content tab shows reads post by post; plus an Audience and sources tab. → Analytics
7. Pages, Comments, Inbox, Users
- Pages: Static pages across all sites; + New page. → Pages
- Comments: Pending, Approved, Rejected; Reply, Approve, Reject, Delete. → Comments
- Inbox: Contact form messages; Unread, Read, Archive, Spam. → Inbox
- Users: People registered on your site as readers, and membership settings (new sign-ups, membership to comment, publishing member comments directly). Your team isn’t here. → Reader accounts
8. Chat
Have the AI assistant write posts and generate images, then say “share”; the assistant opens a site picker card and sends the post to your sites. Chat history on the left; model picker, Post / Image mode and image attach at the bottom. → Chat
9. Bots
Choose a type with + Add new bot: Website, Create from scratch with AI, Facebook, Google Maps (Twitter / X coming soon). The form has the name, source category address, scan interval, auto-pause on empty scans, platform, site, author, category, post status, AI rewrite, image rules and advanced filters; the estimated cost is at the bottom and the AI assistant at the top right. Bot cards have Run now, Pause, copy and recent runs. → Creating a bot · Advanced settings
10. Library
Images, videos and PDFs from all sites. Site chips with storage usage at the top; click a chip for that site’s storage (Buy extra GB / cancel). Sync from sites and type filters. → Library and storage
11. Websites
Websites at the bottom left: site cards (status, address, language sites, Manage), + Add new site (3 steps: name and address → starter design → plan) and Social Media Accounts (Connect with Webixso). → Your first site · Social media
12. Site management menu (Manage)
| Page | In short | Article |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Plan, change plan, cancel, page-view quota, storage, domain | Plans |
| Design | Preview and Edit Design | Design editor |
| General | Site name, language, time zone, social accounts, site icon, site mode, head/footer code | General settings |
| Extra Pages | Live stream, prayer times, newspaper front pages… and custom pages | Extra pages |
| E-Magazine / E-Newspaper | PDF issues, page-flip reader | E-Magazine |
| SEO | Connect with Google, Bing, Yandex, site-wide SEO | SEO |
| Newsletter | Subscribers, download CSV | Newsletter |
| Notifications | Web push (Pro) | Web push |
| Categories / Menu | Category tree and top menu | Categories and menu |
| Ads | Banner, HTML, AdSense | Ads |
| Team | Invite writers / editors | Team |
| Languages | Language sites and linking | Languages |
| Import/Export | Moving design and content | Import and export |
To go back to the main menu, click Main Dashboard at the bottom of the site menu.
13. Design editor
The top bar has General Settings, the page picker, light/dark and desktop/tablet/mobile preview, View Site, Save Draft and Publish. On the left is Page Structure (header and numbered sections), in the middle a live preview with + Add Section Here, on the right the selected section’s settings. The header has four layers (Top Bar, Main Bar, Nav Bar, Bottom Bar), can be made sticky and can be exported/imported. → Design editor · Changing the logo · Design editor guide
14. Profile menu
- Add to balance: Top up credits. → Credits and storage
- Settings: Profile, Preferences, Storage, My domains, Notifications, Billing, Security, API & MCP. → Account settings · My domains · MCP
- Billing: Overview, Site subscriptions, Cost calculator, Payment methods, Billing history. → Plans and subscriptions
- Setup service: Let our team set up your site; free with a Pro yearly plan. → Setup service
- Invite & Earn: Referral link and commissions. → Referral program
- Help & Support: Support tickets and support plans. → Support
15. Setup wizard
The wizard at the bottom right tracks four steps: create your website, share your first post, create your first bot, share your first post from Discover. Click a step to start on-screen guidance. → Setup wizard
Suggested first-day plan
- Create your site and delete the demo content.
- Set the logo and header in the design editor; upload the site icon.
- Arrange categories and the menu; create custom pages for the imprint and contact.
- Publish your first post and set up a news bot.
- Connect your domain and connect Search Console.
- Invite your team.
Tip
Don’t want to deal with all this? The setup service does it for you; it’s free with a Pro yearly plan.
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