Setting up Projects

For most organizations, the goal is not to publish just one book, but to build a series of publications — each with its own author, yet all sharing a consistent and branded layout.

Typemill makes this easy by allowing you to manage multiple projects within a single installation. Each project can represent a distinct publication, such as a handbook, guide, report, or information resource. Every project has its own content, navigation, and author team, so you can manage them independently while maintaining a unified overall system.

Configure Projects in the Settings

To create a new project, go to the System section in the top navigation and open the Projects tab. Here you can activate the project feature and define an ID and a Label for your main website. This identifies your base website within Typemill, so you can keep it simple:

• ID: home
• Label: Homepage

Next, you can define a new project for each publication you plan to create. For example, let’s add a handbook about fundraising:

• ID: fundraising
• Label: Fundraising Handbook

Your setup should now look similar to the screenshot below. To start another publication, simply create a new project.

Switch Between Projects

When you return to the Content section, you’ll now see a new dropdown menu above the navigation where you can select between Homepage and Fundraising Handbook — the labels you just created.

If you switch to Fundraising Handbook, you will see the slug .../fundraising/... in the url, and the navigation panel on the left will appear empty. This is the dedicated content space for your new project — you can now start creating pages and folders from scratch.