{"schema_version":"1.0","service":"Publicasta","type":"article","id":500,"slug":"contents","title":"Administrator Guide: Contents","excerpt":"From your first website to everyday customer management: find the chapter you need to run your GPS tracking service.","language":"en","default_language":"en","canonical_url":"https://hosting-help.livegpstracks.com/contents?lang=en","image":null,"publisher":{"id":45,"slug":"hosting_livegpstracks","name":"LiveGPSTracks Hosting: Administrator Guide","url":"https://hosting-help.livegpstracks.com"},"author":{"name":"LiveGPSTracks"},"published_at":"2026-09-05T13:46:40+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-05T17:37:18+00:00","content_markdown":"This guide is for administrators who run a GPS tracking service on the LiveGPSTracks hosting platform. It covers your administration panel: setting up the service, managing customers and devices, and keeping track of payments and settlements.\n\n **New to the platform?** Start with chapters 1 and 2. They introduce the service and the setup wizard: service provider, customer pricing plan and website. The remaining chapters are a reference for everyday work.\n\n The guide is being published chapter by chapter. Chapter titles will become links as each chapter is released.\n\n ## Launch your service\n\n 1. **[Getting started](./getting_started)**\n   How the platform, your hosting account and your customers fit together. The administration panel and your customer-facing website.\n2. **[First-time setup](./setup)**\n   The setup wizard: enter provider details, create a pricing plan and set up your first website. What to check before adding customers.\n3. **[Companies and individuals](./companies)**\n   Who provides the service to your customers. Provider details, contact information and the company associated with a website.\n4. **Pricing plans and currencies**\n   Customer prices and platform costs, device and SMS charges, default plans and currency settings.\n5. **Websites and domains**\n   Website address, name, language and branding. Choosing a provider and pricing plan, and allowing customer registration.\n\n ## Manage customers and devices\n\n 6. **Customers and balances**\n   Add customers, manage their accounts and pricing plans, review balances and payment history, and handle manual balance adjustments.\n7. **Devices**\n   Find a customer's devices, check their status and understand restrictions caused by an insufficient balance.\n\n ## Payments and settlements\n\n 8. **Finances and payouts**\n   Incoming payments, customer spending, hosting income, settlement periods, currencies, payout details and settlement history.\n9. **Invoices and service documents**\n   Customer billing details, invoices, unpaid bills and monthly service amounts. Which document functions apply to your setup.\n\n ## Settings and help\n\n 10. **Account settings and access**\n   Password, session settings, interface language and login information.\n11. **Hosting API**\n   Where to find your API key and the API reference, and what to consider before connecting external software.\n12. **Troubleshooting and support**\n   Where to start when a website is unavailable, a device is restricted or a payment is missing. What information to include in a support request.\n\n ## Where to go next\n\n - **Launching your first website:** chapters 1–5.\n- **Adding a customer or checking a device:** chapters 6–7.\n- **Understanding charges or a payout:** chapters 8–9.\n- **Managing access or connecting software:** chapters 10–11.\n\n This is the administrator guide. 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