Documentation

Complete documentation for public pages, dashboards, integrations, AI features, and operational workflows.

Public Pages

Landing

Open /

Product overview and conversion entry point.

Capabilities and feature positioning.

Plans, limits, and upgrade path.

Creator-facing content and updates.

Published community content browsing.

Discover public newsletters.

Endpoint and integration reference.

Help Center

Open /help

Troubleshooting and operational guidance.

Dashboard Areas

Dashboard Overview

/dashboard

High-level activity, campaigns, and growth snapshot.

Newsletters

/dashboard/newsletters

Create/manage newsletter brands and settings.

Editor

/dashboard/editor/[campaignId]

HTML editor, AI regenerate, subject generation, spam checks.

Content

/dashboard/content

CMS content for blog/community publishing.

Schedule

/dashboard/schedule

Draft cadence, send-time windows, and automation start date controls.

Persona

/dashboard/persona

Newsletter voice and persona tuning for AI generation context.

Layouts

/dashboard/layouts

Template-level layout selection and structure management.

Website

/dashboard/website

Landing/storefront copy and visual controls.

Integrations

/dashboard/integrations

No-code snippets for websites/WordPress/Shopify plus optional advanced API workflows.

Blocks

/dashboard/blocks

Reusable email blocks including sponsor/referral modules.

AI Lab

/dashboard/ai-lab

Manual training signals and history.

Credits

/dashboard/credits

Daily credit balances, usage visibility, and top-up management.

Coupons

/dashboard/coupons

Creator coupon management and promotional discount workflows.

Subscriptions

/dashboard/subscriptions

Manage paid reader lifecycle and billing status visibility.

Exports

/dashboard/exports

Export campaign/subscriber/integration data for external workflows.

Trash

/dashboard/trash

Deleted item review and restore operations.

Settings

/dashboard/settings

Account-level providers, notifications, and AI defaults.

Support Inbox

/dashboard/inbox

Customer support ticket threads and team responses.

API Access

/dashboard/api

Create/revoke API keys and monitor key-level usage limits.

API Statistics

/dashboard/api/statistics

Per-key and per-route usage analytics with recent API event visibility.

API Alerts

/dashboard/api/alerts

Creator-facing abuse/suspension alert center with acknowledgment and resolution actions.

Admin API Governance

/dashboard/admin/api

Platform-level API traffic monitoring, abuse visibility, and key governance oversight.

Admin API Keys

/dashboard/admin/api/keys

Global API key policy controls, rotate/revoke actions, and owner-level edits.

Admin API Statistics

/dashboard/admin/api/statistics

Platform-wide API statistics and real-time traffic/failure monitoring.

Admin API Alerts

/dashboard/admin/api/alerts

Platform-wide API incident queue with acknowledge/resolve/reopen controls.

Upgrade

/dashboard/upgrade

Plan management, billing portal, and trial/upgrade controls.

Monetization

/dashboard/monetization

Newsletter access model, payout provider setup, and pricing controls.

Storefront

/dashboard/storefront

Landing/storefront layout, visibility, and community publishing controls.

Custom Domain

/dashboard/custom-domain

DNS verification and newsletter domain assignment workflow.

Team

/dashboard/team

Newsletter-scoped invites and role assignments for collaborators.

Profile

/dashboard/profile

Account profile, provider health checks, and setup diagnostics.

Notifications

/dashboard/notifications

Notification preferences and delivery diagnostics.

Help Center

/dashboard/help

Runbooks, support links, and live setup checklist.

System Status

/dashboard/status

Workspace-level readiness checks, warnings, and diagnostics.

Admin Users

/dashboard/admin/users

Platform-level account role, plan, and AI control management.

Admin Newsletters

/dashboard/admin/newsletters

Platform-level newsletter visibility, access, and provider controls.

Admin System

/dashboard/admin/system

Operational readiness, growth metrics, and activity-level system oversight.

Admin Support

/dashboard/admin/support

Support queue management, assignment, SLA triage, and response controls.

Access Boundaries

Platform Admin pages (under /dashboard/admin/*) are restricted to allowlisted platform operators only.

Newsletter Team Admin roles are scoped to a newsletter workspace and do not grant platform admin permissions.

When documenting operations, keep platform-runbooks separate from newsletter-runbooks to avoid privilege confusion.

Key Features

  • Multi-provider AI (Gemini + Novus Lite) with provider toggles.
  • Freshness token strategy to reduce repeated generations/suggestions.
  • Policy acceptance gating before campaign send actions.
  • Newsletter topic personalization (up to 10 base topics + sub-niches).
  • Subscriber preference center with frequency/privacy/topic customization.
  • Community/storefront visibility controls (public/private).
  • Custom domain and hosted subscribe/preference pages.
  • Starter blocks for affiliate spotlights, sponsor slots, and referral CTAs.
  • No-code integrations for custom websites, WordPress, and Shopify with API as an optional advanced path.

Compliance & Policy Workflow

Creators should keep campaign operations aligned with policy and legal requirements. Novus provides technical controls (unsubscribe support, preference center, policy acceptance gating) to reduce operational risk.

Recommended flow: review Terms and Privacy updates, validate sender/profile readiness, run test sends, then launch production campaigns.

FAQ

Where should I start as a creator?

Create a newsletter, run bootstrap defaults, configure sender/provider settings, generate a draft, then test-send before broadcast.

How do I avoid repeated AI outputs?

Use the latest generation controls in editor/suggestions; freshness tokens and varied generation context are now built into AI routes.

Can subscribers control what they receive?

Yes. Subscribers can set status, scope, privacy mode, frequency, topic preferences, and sub-niches via hosted preferences pages.

Can I embed signup on existing sites?

Yes. Use /dashboard/integrations for copy/paste button, widget, popup, footer, sidebar, and landing-embed snippets. API examples are optional for advanced teams.

How do I confirm production readiness?

Run lint + build + readiness checks, verify env vars, test subscription/send/preference flows, and confirm policy review acceptance before launch.

Where are legal and policy references located?

Use Privacy, Terms, and Cookie pages from the footer, and align campaign operations to those requirements before production sends.

Future Integrations Plan

Novus has a staged integration roadmap covering automation connectors, CRM sync, analytics exports, and commerce/CMS bridges.