> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://fayneos.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart: build your first academy

> Use guided setup to create a branded academy with courses and a preview URL. No credit card or coding required.

Getting started with Fayne is a short guided setup. Instead of making you build everything by hand, Fayne asks a few questions about your goals and audience, then assembles a branded academy for you automatically: it picks relevant courses from the library, generates your branding, and sets up your subdomain. You start a free trial with no credit card, and you refine everything from your dashboard afterward.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Tell Fayne what you want to build">
    When you sign up, Fayne asks about the outcome you are after and who your audience is. There is no blank canvas to fill in. You answer a few short prompts about your expertise and the people you want to teach.

    <Tip>
      Be specific about your niche and audience. The more Fayne knows, the more relevant the courses and branding it picks for you.
    </Tip>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Let Fayne build your academy">
    Based on your answers, Fayne assembles your academy automatically. It selects courses from the library that fit your audience, generates your branding, and creates a subdomain for you on `fayneos.com` (for example, `cold-outreach-academy.fayneos.com`).

    <Info>
      You do not pick courses, design branding, or set pricing during setup. Fayne does the first pass for you, and everything is fully editable from your dashboard afterward.
    </Info>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review your academy">
    When the build finishes, you land on your new academy with a live preview. Look through the courses it added, the branding it generated, and your student-facing pages.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Refine and share">
    From here you customize: swap or add courses, adjust your branding, edit lessons, and set up pricing when you are ready. Your academy is live in preview at your subdomain during your trial, so you can share the link and invite your first students right away.

    <Note>
      You start a 7-day free trial with no credit card required. During the trial your academy runs in preview mode and shows a small **Fayne trial preview** badge to students. Subscribing to a paid plan removes the badge and unlocks full access. You are only charged when you choose a paid plan.
    </Note>
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What comes next

Your academy is built, but there is a lot more you can do from the dashboard. Most owners spend the first few days after setup editing lesson content, refining their branding, setting up payments, and inviting their first students.

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  <Card title="Branding" icon="palette" href="/docs/academy/branding">
    Fine-tune your academy name, tagline, logo, brand color, subdomain, and email sender identity.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Block editor" icon="layout-panel-left" href="/docs/content/block-editor">
    Edit lessons with text, quizzes, flashcards, videos, tables, downloads, and more.
  </Card>

  <Card title="AI customization" icon="sparkles" href="/docs/content/ai-customization">
    Rewrite lessons in your voice using plain-English instructions in the editor.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Managing students" icon="users" href="/docs/students/managing-students">
    Invite students, track progress, and manage access from your student roster.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>