🔗 Open Firebase Console (opens in new tab)

① Sign in with any Google/Gmail account

② Click the big "Create a project" or "Add project" button

③ Type a name: great-chid-electro

④ On the next screen — turn OFF Google Analytics (click the blue toggle so it goes grey)

⑤ Click "Create project" — wait about 30 seconds

① In your new project, look at the left sidebar

② Click "Build" to expand it, then click "Firestore Database"

③ Click the big "Create database" button

④ A popup appears — choose "Start in production mode" → click Next

⑤ Pick any region (pick one close to Nigeria — europe-west1 is fine) → click Enable

⑥ Wait a moment — the database is being created

① You should now see the Firestore page. Click the "Rules" tab at the top

② You will see some text starting with rules_version... — select all of it and delete it

③ Copy the text in the box below and paste it in:

rules_version = '2';
service cloud.firestore {
  match /databases/{database}/documents {
    match /{document=**} {
      allow read, write: if true;
    }
  }
}

④ Click the "Publish" button

① Click the ⚙️ gear icon at the top of the left sidebar → select "Project settings"

② Scroll down to the "Your apps" section

③ Click the </> Web icon button

④ Type any nickname — e.g. great-chid-dashboard — then click "Register app"

⑤ You will see a block of code with firebaseConfig — it looks like the box below