Create a space

You create a space from the console's front page — the list of spaces you already belong to. You'll need an Eolymp account, and nothing else: a new space starts on a trial, so you can set it up and try it before deciding on a plan.

1. Open the console and sign in. If you belong to no spaces yet, this is the first thing you see; otherwise click the space name at the top of the sidebar and choose View all spaces.

2. Click Create space.

3. Give it a name — what people will see at the top of its site, and what you'll recognise in the switcher. You can change this whenever you like.

4. Give it a key. This becomes the space's public address, <key>.eolymp.space. Keys are unique across the platform, so a key someone else has taken isn't available.

5. Confirm. The space is created and you're taken to its dashboard.

You now own the space and can do everything in it.

Choose the key carefully

The name is cosmetic and the key is not. The key is the address participants type, the address in every link you send, and the address in every bookmark they save — and changing it later takes effect immediately, breaking all of them at once.

Pick something short, easy to read aloud, recognisable as you, and not tied to a single year unless the space really is for one event. See Space key and public address.

What to do next

A new space is empty and private to you. In roughly this order:

1. Decide who can see it. A space is private by default: visitors must sign in before they see anything. If you want an open archive or a public olympiad, make it public — see Public and private spaces.

2. Make it look like yours. Name, logo and interface language are in Settings → General — see Name, logo and interface language.

3. Add people. Add members yourself, or let them sign themselves up. See Add members.

4. Give your colleagues access. Everyone other than you starts with nothing. See Access management, and Give someone the right access for the common roles.

5. Put something in it. Write a problem, set up a contest, or build a course.

The trial

A new space begins on a trial, shown as an amber banner above the sidebar. The trial gives you a working space with limits, so you can build something real before committing.

When it ends the space becomes inactive until a subscription is set up: the data stays, but the space stops working until it's renewed. See Trial period and How billing works.