Where every book gets made.
WorkStage is your team's own workspace: to-dos and card tables for every department, team chat, files, and leadership kept in the loop without anyone tagging them. No seat limits, no project limits.
For invited team members. Your Owner or Admin adds your account.
Every department gets its own board and chat channel:
- E-book
- Publishing
- Cover Design
- and any department you add
Everything the team uses, in one place.
To-dos, conversations, files and notifications live together on your own server, built around how a publishing team actually works.
To-dos and card tables
- A board for every department: E-book, Publishing, Cover Design, and any you add
- A plain list, or a card table you drag across To do, In progress, Review and Done
- Assignees, due dates, priority and tags on every to-do
- Descriptions with @mentions and attached files
- Team tags like @Content Writer or @Designer reach the whole team in one go
- A history of every change, plus archive and restore
Conversations
- A chat channel for each department, plus General
- Private channels and one-to-one direct messages
- Threads, file sharing, typing indicators and who's online
- Comments on every to-do, with @mentions and files
Staying in the loop
- Hey!, one inbox for everything you follow
- Desktop notifications, even when the tab is closed
- An email summary of anything still unread after 15 minutes
- Search across every to-do and comment
Files
- PDFs, images, video and audio open right in the browser
- A download button whenever you need your own copy
- Up to 25 MB per file, visible only to the team
Signing in
- Continue with Google, use a password, or get a sign-in link by email
- Every new account is confirmed with a code sent to that person's real inbox
- Roles decide who can add people, create to-dos or read chats
Nobody gets tagged one by one.
A Project Manager writes @Content Writer and every content writer is on the to-do, notified and following it. The same goes for Designers, Developers, SMM, SEO, Publishers and QA.
The Owner, Admin and QA are added to every to-do automatically. New to-dos, comments, status changes, due dates and completions reach them in Hey!, on their desktop and, if they haven't looked yet, by email.
Who can do what
| Ability | Owner | Admin | Project Manager | QA | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create and edit to-dos | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Move cards, comment and attach files | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Team chat and direct messages | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| On every to-do automatically | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Reached with one @team tag | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Add people and change roles | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| See all activity in one place | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Read every chat, including DMs | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Manage departments (categories) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Team: Developer, Designer, Content Writer, SMM, SEO and Publisher.
Joining WorkStage
Your Owner or Admin adds your email
Use the address you actually read. If you want Google sign-in, use the email of your Google account.
A 6-digit code arrives in that inbox
It works for 7 days. If you can't find it, check Spam or Junk, or ask for a new one.
Open the invite and enter the code
Then continue with Google or choose a password. From then on, sign in either way.