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Initial Sign On - Getting Started

The first time GuideVault opens in a fresh browser profile, you will be prompted to create a local login profile.

GuideVault first sign-on screen for creating the local login profile
The first sign-on screen creates the initial local GuideVault login profile.

Create the first login

Section titled “Create the first login”

Enter a username, email, and password, then select Create Local Login.

This first profile is typically treated as the starting admin-style profile for the local app experience. GuideVault is not presenting this as a hosted cloud account system here; it is creating the login profile used by this GuideVault browser/app setup.

GuideVault currently describes this as local app mode. The profile helps gate the local browser experience before the library UI loads.

After sign-on: the Home page

Section titled “After sign-on: the Home page”

After creating the login, GuideVault opens the main Home page.

GuideVault empty Home page after first sign-on
A new installation will show an empty library until folders are configured and scanned.

What you should see

Section titled “What you should see”

A fresh install may show zero items across the library areas. That is expected until you configure folders and scan content.

The Home page includes:

  • Left navigation for Home, Manuals, Strategy Guides, Magazines, and Favorites.
  • Content counts next to each library section.
  • Search across guides, manuals, magazines, systems, publishers, and tags.
  • Cover size control for changing how large library covers appear.
  • Sort controls such as Date Added.
  • Recently Added for newly scanned items.
  • Browse by Content Type cards for Manuals, Strategy Guides, and Magazines.
  • Home Library for the current library/root view.

Why the page may be empty

Section titled “Why the page may be empty”

If the Home page says no content was found, GuideVault has not yet found files in the configured library root.