diff --git a/public_html/admin/index.php b/public_html/admin/index.php
index 9b52942c85b5d9f0938fd54efdce480f6d24b159..d73dcf88b3d5af4c47aea5c156cd21ef45bc0a2a 100644
--- a/public_html/admin/index.php
+++ b/public_html/admin/index.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  * 2022-02-03  v0.1  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>  initial version 
  * 2022-05-31  v0.2  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>  optical changes; use debugredirect=1 if url is a local domain
+ * 2023-08-28  v1.0  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>      Welcome message if there is no config yet
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ $aIco=[
     'type_alias'=>'◻️',
 
     'url'=>'🌐',
+    'welcome'=>'🪄',
 ];
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -99,32 +101,7 @@ if (!$oR->isEnabled()){
 
     // ---------- LOOP OVER ALL ENTRIES
 
-
-    $sHtml.='
-    <!--
-    <h2>'.$aIco['h2_head'].' Http head tester</h2>
-    <div class="content">
-    <form>
-        '.$aIco['url'].' <input type="text" name="url" size="100" value="'.$sUrl.'" placeholder="Enter url or click a link in the table below."/>
-        <button>Http HEAD</button>
-    </form>
-    </div>
-    <br>
-    -->
-    <h2>'.$aIco['h2_config'].' Domains and their redirects</h2>
-    <div class="content">
-
-    <table class="mydatatable"><thead>
-    <tr>
-    <th>Host</th>
-    <th>Ip address</th>
-    <th>Setup</th>
-    <th>Type</th>
-    <th>From</th>
-    <th>Code</th>
-    <th>Target</th>
-    </tr>
-    </thead><tbody>';
+    $sTable='';
     foreach($aHosts as $sHost => $aCfg){
         $sTdFirst='<tr class="cfgtype-'.$aCfg['type'].'">'
             .'<td>'
@@ -159,7 +136,7 @@ if (!$oR->isEnabled()){
                 if (count($aCfg['redirects'][$sType])){
                     foreach($aCfg['redirects'][$sType] as $sFrom=>$aTo){
                         $iCount++;
-                        $sHtml.=$sTdFirst
+                        $sTable.=$sTdFirst
                             .'<td class="type-'.$sType.'">'.$sType.'</td>'
                             .'<td class="type-'.$sType.'">'
                                 .($sType == 'direct' 
@@ -177,29 +154,26 @@ if (!$oR->isEnabled()){
         } else {
             // type = alias
             // $sHtml.='<tr>'.$sTdFirst.'<td></td><td></td><td></td><td>'.(isset($aCfg['target']) ? 'see config for <a href="#'.getId($aCfg['target']).'">'.$aCfg['target'].'</a>' : '').'</td></tr>';
-            $sHtml.=$sTdFirst.'<td></td><td></td><td></td><td>'.(isset($aCfg['target']) ? 'see config for <em>'.$aCfg['target'].'</em>' : '').'</td></tr>';
+            $sTable.=$sTdFirst.'<td></td><td></td><td></td><td>'.(isset($aCfg['target']) ? 'see config for <em>'.$aCfg['target'].'</em>' : '').'</td></tr>';
         }
         
     }
-    $sHtml.='</tbody></table></div>'
-        /*
-        .'<h2>Config array</h2>
-        <pre>'.print_r($aHosts, 1).'</pre>'
-        */
-        ;
 
-    $sErrors = $sErrors 
-        ? '<h2>'.$aIco['h2_err'].' Found errors</h2>'
-            .'<div class="content">'
-                .'<ol class="error">'
-                .$sErrors
-                .'</ol>'
-            .'</div>'
-        : ''
-        ;
+    $sTable='';
 
-        $sHtml.=''
-        .'<br><br>'
+    $sTable=$sTable
+        ? '<table class="mydatatable"><thead>
+        <tr>
+        <th>Host</th>
+        <th>Ip address</th>
+        <th>Setup</th>
+        <th>Type</th>
+        <th>From</th>
+        <th>Code</th>
+        <th>Target</th>
+        </tr>
+        </thead><tbody>'.$sTable.'</tbody></table></div>'
+        . '<br><br>'
         .'<div class="content legend">'
             . '<strong>Legend</strong>:<br>'
             . '<table><tbody>'
@@ -230,7 +204,54 @@ if (!$oR->isEnabled()){
             .'</tbody></table>'
         .'</div>'
 
-        .'<footer><a href="'.$oR->urlRepo.'">Source</a> | <a href="'.$oR->urlDocs.'">Docs</a></footer>'
+        : '<h3>'.$aIco['welcome'].' Welcome!</h3>
+            <p>
+                Thank you for the installation!<br>
+                Now is a good moment to create your first config.
+            </p>
+            <ul>
+                <li>Go to the directory ./config/</li>
+                <li>Watch the *.dist files - make a copy of them to *.json (without .dist)</li>
+                <li>Relaod this page</li>
+            </ul>
+            <p>
+                See the <a href="'.$oR->urlDocs.'Configuration.html" target="_blank">Docs</a> for details.
+            </p>
+            '
+        ;
+
+    $sHtml.='
+    <!--
+    <h2>'.$aIco['h2_head'].' Http head tester</h2>
+    <div class="content">
+    <form>
+        '.$aIco['url'].' <input type="text" name="url" size="100" value="'.$sUrl.'" placeholder="Enter url or click a link in the table below."/>
+        <button>Http HEAD</button>
+    </form>
+    </div>
+    <br>
+    -->
+    <h2>'.$aIco['h2_config'].' Domains and their redirects</h2>
+    <div class="content">'
+        
+        /*
+        .'<h2>Config array</h2>
+        <pre>'.print_r($aHosts, 1).'</pre>'
+        */
+        .$sTable
+        ;
+
+    $sErrors = $sErrors 
+        ? '<h2>'.$aIco['h2_err'].' Found errors</h2>'
+            .'<div class="content">'
+                .'<ol class="error">'
+                .$sErrors
+                .'</ol>'
+            .'</div>'
+        : ''
+        ;
+
+    $sHtml.='<footer><a href="'.$oR->urlRepo.'">Source</a> | <a href="'.$oR->urlDocs.'">Docs</a></footer>'
         ;
 }
 
diff --git a/public_html/admin/main.css b/public_html/admin/main.css
index a09355ae30946e6cecc4543fe85d3e6fe99262db..8e5e4daba279819babc928c1592e22cf51f32ee3 100644
--- a/public_html/admin/main.css
+++ b/public_html/admin/main.css
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ body{background: #f8f8f8; color: #234; font-family: arial; margin: 0;}
 h1{background:rgba(0,0,0,0.05); margin: 0 0 1em;; padding: 0.5em;}
 h1 a{color:#234; text-decoration: none;}
 h2{background: #d0e0e8;  color:#458; margin: 1em 0 0.5em; border-top: 2px solid #fff; border-left: 5px solid #fff; border-top-left-radius: 0.5em; padding: 0.5em; margin: 0 0 1em;}
+h3{color:#ccc; font-size: 250%}
 
 pre{background: rgba(0,0,0,0.02);padding: 0.3em 1em; border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1); margin: 2em 0 3em;; border-bottom: 2px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.2);}