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Publishing the First Course

The smoke-test that proves every integration works end-to-end.

1. Create the course​

/admin/courses → New course.

  • Title, slug, price (or 0 for free).
  • Description — TipTap rich-text editor.
  • Cover image — uploaded to Bunny Storage.

Save as draft.

2. Add modules and lessons​

Inside the course:

  • Add a module (chapter heading).
  • Inside the module, add a lesson.
  • For a video lesson, drop a video file onto the upload area. It uploads chunked direct-to-Bunny via TUS — progress is shown live. When the bar fills, Bunny returns the video ID and the lesson is ready.

3. Build the sales page​

Each course has a public sales page built with Puck.

/admin/courses/{id}/page opens the page builder. Drag in:

  • Hero — headline + sub + CTA.
  • Course grid — pulls live data; useful for cross-sell.
  • Pricing card — pulls the live price, hooks into Stripe Checkout.
  • Rich text, video preview, testimonial, feature list, instructor bio, spacer.
  • Raw HTML (only if the toggle in /admin/settings is on).

Save. The page is published at /courses/{slug}.

4. Publish​

Toggle Published on the course. It now appears in the public catalogue at /courses.

5. Test the purchase​

Open the course's public sales page in an incognito window so you're not logged in as the admin. Click Buy, complete Stripe Checkout (use test card 4242 4242 4242 4242 if Stripe is in test mode), and confirm:

  • Stripe webhook event checkout.session.completed shows up in Stripe → Developers → Events.
  • The enrollment appears at /admin/students for that user.
  • The student lands on /dashboard with the course playable.
  • The enrollment confirmation email arrives in their inbox.

If any of those four fail, see Troubleshooting.