diff --git a/src/frontend/partials/controls.eta.html b/src/frontend/partials/controls.eta.html
index 4edcee7..6ad843a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/partials/controls.eta.html
+++ b/src/frontend/partials/controls.eta.html
@@ -81,15 +81,37 @@
 					</li> -->
 				</ul>
 
+				<h6 class="sidebar-heading d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center px-3 mt-4 mb-1 text-muted">
+					<a href="/projects/" class="nav-link"
+						>Projects<span class="badge rounded-pill bg-primary" >
+							Alpha
+							<span class="visually-hidden">Alpha feature</span>
+						</span>
+					</a>
+				</h6>
+				<ul class="nav flex-column mb-2">
+					<li class="nav-item">
+						<a class="nav-link <%= it.active == 'PROJ_HOME' ? 'active' : ''%>" href="/projects/"><i class="bi bi-kanban"></i> Manage Projects </a>
+					</li>
+					<li class="nav-item">
+						<a class="nav-link <%= it.active == 'PROJ_LIST' ? 'active' : ''%>" href="/projects/lists"><i class="bi bi-card-checklist"></i> Packaging Lists </a>
+					</li>
+					<li class="nav-item">
+						<a class="nav-link <%= it.active == 'PROJ_PEPS' ? 'active' : ''%>" href="/projects/people"><i class="bi bi-people-fill"></i> People </a>
+					</li>
+
+				</ul>
+
 				<h6 class="sidebar-heading d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center px-3 mt-4 mb-1 text-muted">
 					<a href="/manage/" class="nav-link"
 						>Settings
-						<span class="badge rounded-pill bg-danger invisible">
-							2
+						<span class="badge rounded-pill bg-danger invisible" id="notifcationInfo">
+							1
 							<span class="visually-hidden">changes or updates</span>
 						</span>
 					</a>
 				</h6>
+				
 
 				<ul class="nav flex-column mb-2">
 					<a class="nav-link <%= it.active == 'SETT_STORE' ? 'active' : ''%>" href="/manage/storages"
@@ -187,6 +209,11 @@
 					dataType: 'json',
 					success: function (data) {
 						$('#versionInfo').text(`AssetFlow Alpha ${data.version} ${data.commit}`);	
+						if(data.updateAvailable ){
+							$('#notifcationInfo').show();
+						} else {
+							$('#notifcationInfo').hide();
+						}
 					},
 					error: function (data) {
 						createNewToast('<i class="bi bi-exclamation-triangle-fill"></i> Unable to load version information', "text-bg-danger", 3000, false)
diff --git a/src/frontend/projects/dashboard.eta.html b/src/frontend/projects/dashboard.eta.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34e7b3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/projects/dashboard.eta.html
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<%~ E.includeFile("../partials/head.eta.html", {"title": "Projects"}) %> <%~ E.includeFile("../partials/controls.eta.html", {"active": "PROJ_HOME"}) %>
+
+<h1>Projectmanager</h1>
+<div class="container text-center">
+	<div class="row">
+		<a class="card col m-2" href="/manage/categories">
+			<div class="card-body">
+				<h1 class="card-title"><i class="bi bi-tag"></i></h1>
+				<p class="card-text">Manage categories</p>
+			</div>
+		</a>
+		<a class="card col m-2" href="/manage/storages">
+			<div class="card-body">
+				<h1 class="card-title"><i class="bi bi-box-seam"></i></h1>
+				<p class="card-text">Manage storages</p>
+			</div>
+		</a>
+		<a class="card col m-2" href="/manage/import/csv">
+			<div class="card-body">
+				<h1 class="card-title"><i class="bi bi-filetype-csv"></i></h1>
+				<p class="card-text">Import data via CSV</p>
+			</div>
+		</a>
+		<a class="card col m-2" href="/manage/import/json">
+			<div class="card-body">
+				<h1 class="card-title"><i class="bi bi-filetype-json"></i></h1>
+				<p class="card-text">Import data via JSON</p>
+			</div>
+		</a>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
+<h2>Recent projects</h2>
+<div class="container">
+	<table class="table">
+		<thead>
+			<tr>
+				<th scope="col">Name</th>
+				<th scope="col">Status</th>
+				<!--<th scope="col">Actions</th>-->
+			</tr>
+		</thead>
+		<tbody>
+			
+		</tbody>
+	</table>
+</div>
+
+<%~ E.includeFile("../partials/controlsFoot.eta.html") %> <%~ E.includeFile("../partials/foot.eta.html") %>
diff --git a/src/routes/frontend/index.ts b/src/routes/frontend/index.ts
index 45f12b1..fbc50a9 100644
--- a/src/routes/frontend/index.ts
+++ b/src/routes/frontend/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import testRoute from './test.js';
 import dashboardRoute from './dashboard.js';
 import itemsRoute from './items.js';
 import manage_routes from './manage/index.js';
+import project_routes from './projects/index.js';
 
 // Router base is '/'
 const Router = express.Router({ strict: false });
@@ -14,11 +15,13 @@ const Router = express.Router({ strict: false });
 Router.route('/test').get(testRoute.get);
 Router.route('/items').get(itemsRoute.get);
 
-Router.route('/:id(\\w{8})').get(skuRoute.get);
+Router.use('/projects', project_routes); // has to be before skuRoute
+Router.route('/:id(\\w{8})').get(skuRoute.get); // we should probably deprecate this
 Router.route('/s/:id').get(skuRouteDash.get);
 
 Router.use('/manage', manage_routes);
 
+
 Router.route('/').get(dashboardRoute.get);
 
 export default Router;
diff --git a/src/routes/frontend/projects/dashboard.ts b/src/routes/frontend/projects/dashboard.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..856b5ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/frontend/projects/dashboard.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import express, { Request, Response } from 'express';
+import { prisma, __path, log } from '../../../index.js';
+
+function get(req: Request, res: Response) {
+	res.render(__path + '/src/frontend/projects/dashboard.eta.html');
+		
+}
+
+export default { get };
diff --git a/src/routes/frontend/projects/index.ts b/src/routes/frontend/projects/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..067d6f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/frontend/projects/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import express from 'express';
+
+// Route imports
+import dashboard from './dashboard.js';
+
+// Router base is '/manage'
+const Router = express.Router({ strict: false });
+
+Router.route('/').get(dashboard.get);
+
+export default Router;