Getting Started
What each of the seven setup steps does, from picking a plan to going live.
Each new site goes through setup once. Shopify users begin by installing HarperFlow from the Shopify App Store; Shopify handles trial and subscription approval. The overview below describes the setup stages; available options depend on your platform. It's seven steps, and you can leave and come back: nothing publishes until you finish the last one.
You choose Solo or Agency (see Accounts, organizations, and sites) and see the shape of the deal: one connected site, a monthly article volume, and a schedule that spaces articles out automatically. If more than one platform is available to you, you'll also pick which one you're publishing to here.
Link the site itself. Each platform connects a little differently: see Connect your Webflow site, Connect your WordPress site, Connect your Shopify store. Wix support is in development.
HarperFlow reads your connected site and drafts a business profile for you to review, covering positioning, audience, voice, topics, and the article formats it should write. Nothing here is final. Edit any of it, or add and remove topics and formats, before continuing. If the read fails or your site has no content yet, you can fill the profile in yourself instead.
HarperFlow drafts a few promotional call-to-action blocks based on your profile, things like "explore [product]" or "talk to the team," that can appear inside articles. Edit the wording, or regenerate them.
Optionally add up to three bylines, people or companies, that HarperFlow attributes articles to. This is entirely optional. Turn it off and articles publish without an author section.
On Webflow, choose a new collection, extend an existing collection, or map its fields. See Custom field mapping for those Webflow options. On Shopify, choose the blog that should receive your articles; your store theme controls the article layout. Follow the destination options shown for your connected platform.
Choose your article volume and review the trial or subscription terms. Shopify users approve recurring charges in Shopify; Webflow and WordPress use the web subscription flow. HarperFlow then finishes setup. It creates your project, drafts your topic clusters, and wires up the collection you chose. Autopilot itself stays off until you turn it on, either from the prompt shown right after setup or later from your Home page. See Your free trial, Run your blog on autopilot, and the go-live checklist for what happens next.
Note: Your answers are saved to this browser as you go, not to your account. If you use "Finish later" and come back on the same device and browser, you'll pick up right where you left off, but switching devices or clearing your browser storage partway through means redoing the earlier steps.
