Operations guide
How CSE works
A walkthrough for the people who run the show, not the people who built it. Pick a persona below to see what they sign in as, where they go, and what they actually do on a typical day. Same show, same neighbors, same vibe — just phones in place of clipboards.
One sign-in, all roles
There is exactly one place to sign in. Every role — car owner, attendee, gate volunteer, judge, DJ, vendor, organizer — uses the same form with their issued email + password. The system reads the user's role membership and routes them to the right starting page automatically.
- Each persona below shows a
?next=/pathdeep-link so the user lands in the right place after auth. - The
livingston4thsubdomain isn't a separate login — it's how the platform identifies which tenant the user is signing in to. - Today this admin app is un-gated in dev — when auth lands here it will share the same
eventide_sessioncookie, not a separate login.
Pick a persona
Start here. Each persona shows their own login, their walkthrough, and quick links to where they live in the system.
Show-day roles
The seven people who actually use the system on July 4th.
Car owner / participant
Brings a car, gets it judged, hopefully wins a trophy.
Attendee
Walks the show, looks at cars, votes for People's Choice.
Gate volunteer / staff
Greets cars at the entrance. Sticker on, photo, paid, wave through.
Judge
Walks the show, scores cars on a phone with sliders.
DJ
Manages live song requests during the show.
Vendor / sponsor
Sells food / drinks / retail / services at the show.
Event organizer
Runs the whole thing. Sees everything. The "you" of CSE.
Admin & platform
Less frequent, but documented. Tenant admin sets up once a year; platform staff is CSE-internal.
Tenant admin
Owns the tenant. Above the organizer. Used if Livingston runs more than one event.
Platform admin
CSE platform staff. Cross-tenant. Visually distinct (amber accent) so it's obvious you're in god-mode.
Volunteer (non-car-show sub-events)
Check-in scanner for the beer garden, race, kids zone, etc.
Judge
Each judge sees only the cars assigned to them in their class scope. Sunlight-readable dark theme, one car at a time, sliders 0–10 for each rubric category. Auto-save — phone dies, scores stay.
What this persona can do
- Personal queue — only the cars assigned to this judge's class scope.
- Sliders for each rubric category (Exterior, Interior, Engine, Wheels, Presentation). Tap-and-drag, no typing.
- Auto-save on every change. A tiny checkmark confirms the save.
- Header shows display number + photo thumbnail so the judge confirms they're scoring the right car.
- Tap the photo to open the build sheet in a lightbox.
- Notes field for written feedback to the owner.
- Single full-width "Save & Next Car" button at the bottom.
Walkthrough
5 steps10:00 AM — judging starts
Open the judge queue
Sign in on a phone. The queue shows the cars assigned to this judge — for example, 8 muscle cars including Dale's Camaro. Tap a car to start.
Walk up to the car, scan the QR
Camera scans the windshield sticker. Confirms the right car — display number, year/make/model, owner thumbnail.
Score each category
Five horizontal sliders, 0–10. Big numeric readout in 48px so the judge can read it standing up. Slider handles are 64px wide — easier than typing.
Add notes (optional)
Notes go to the owner after the show. "Beautiful frame-off — the door gaps caught me off guard. Lovely work." Notes auto-save with the score.
Save & next
One big button at the bottom. Save & next takes them back to the queue, the just-scored car drops off, on to the next.
Quick links
Where this persona lives in the public app.