Linked Sensors Before Activating Base Station, Does that work?

I attached all the entry sensors to their doors and windows and have the motion sensors placed more or less where I want them.   Then, using the keypad, I linked all the sensors and named them.  I linked the cameras.  So far so good.

I didn't activate the base station because I wanted to have a chance to get used to the sensor placement without worrying about the monitoring starting.

After all the sensors were in place and I tested them all a couple times (still need to tweak the placement of some of the motion sensors), THEN I activated the base station by going to my account on the website and entering the serial number.

What I don't see, when I now log onto my account, is a list of all the sensors.  I was intending to set them all to silent alert, maybe for a week or two - or at least until I'm comfortable the motion sensors are covering the space appropriately.  But there is no "Manage Sensors" section.  I don't have too many sensors and wouldn't really mind if I needed to link them again.  Is that what's necessary?  Did the naming and linking of the sensors not "stick" because I did that before I activated the base station?  (The cameras are showing up ok . . .)