# User guide

> Find your way around FeatherPanel as a customer. The dashboard, the server list with folders, the status page, appearance settings and links to every server guide.

Source: https://featherpanel.com/docs/user/

This part of the docs is for people who use a FeatherPanel that someone else runs. If you run the panel yourself, see
the [admin guide](https://featherpanel.com/docs/admin).

## Dashboard

The dashboard shows your services at a glance: how many game servers are running, your virtual servers, web hosting
and support tickets. A **Needs attention** list warns about servers that are suspended, expiring or expired, failed to
install, are almost out of disk, sit on a node in maintenance, and tickets with new replies.

**Arrange your dashboard** lets you drag cards by their handle (or use the arrow keys), resize them with + and -, hide
them, and reset to the default. Admins with settings access can save their layout as the default for everyone.

## Servers

The Servers page lists your game servers in a grid or list. Search by name, show running servers only, or use **By Folder** to
create folders and sort servers into them. Servers shared with you as a subuser are listed too. Admins also get a view
of everyone's servers.

## Status

When the host turned it on, **Status** shows node health: total and healthy nodes, servers, average CPU and global
memory and disk use, with a card per node.

## Appearance

**Preferences** changes how the panel looks for you: dark or light mode, accent color, background (gradient, solid
color or an image, with blur and darken), text size, font, density and layout. Hosts can lock some of these, and plugin
theme or UI packs may add more choices.

## Guides

| Area | Guide |
| --- | --- |
| Your account | [Account and security](https://featherpanel.com/docs/user/account) |
| Game servers | [Console](https://featherpanel.com/docs/user/servers/console), [Files](https://featherpanel.com/docs/user/servers/files), [Databases](https://featherpanel.com/docs/user/servers/databases), [Backups](https://featherpanel.com/docs/user/servers/backups), [Schedules and hooks](https://featherpanel.com/docs/user/servers/schedules), [Subusers](https://featherpanel.com/docs/user/servers/subusers), [Network](https://featherpanel.com/docs/user/servers/network), [Startup and settings](https://featherpanel.com/docs/user/servers/startup-and-settings) |
| Virtual machines | [VDS](https://featherpanel.com/docs/user/vds) |
| Websites | [WebSpaces](https://featherpanel.com/docs/user/webspaces) |
| Help | [Tickets and knowledge base](https://featherpanel.com/docs/user/support) |

## Frequently asked questions

### Why is my dashboard empty?

No server, VDS or web space is assigned to your account yet. They appear as soon as your host creates one for you.

### Can I hide cards on the dashboard?

Yes. Click Arrange your dashboard, then drag, resize or hide cards. Hidden cards can be brought back from the Hidden cards tray.

### Why do I see a menu item that is not in this guide?

Hosts can install plugins that add their own pages. Ask your host about those.