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Before you begin, read the guide to  texts' structure. This guide helps you understand how texts are built.

Your text goes in a collection, so if you haven't made one yet, do so. 

See the Texts' Structure guide

See the Root Node glossary definition

1. Log in to SHANTI Texts
2. Click the menu Main Menu icon
   • The menu This icon is the four horizontal lines in the upper-right cornertop right of the page

   • A drop-down menu will unfold

3. Click My Collections

   • A list of your collections will open

4. Open a collection

   • Your collection page will open

   • If you have no collections, learn how to create a collection
5. Click Add Text on the right section 
   • If you don't see Add Text, click the |< icon under the search icon
   the Create Text tab

   • The "Create Book page" window will open

   • This new page will be the root node is the title page of the text

   • The "Create Text" page will open

6. Write Give your text a 's title in the "Title" box
   • "Title" is located in the top left corner of the page
7. Click on SHANTI Texts Splitter

   • A drop-down menu will unfold

   • Choose whether or not you want to split your text into sections
   • If yes, select which header levels will signal each new section
8. Find the sidebar menu on the left of the page
9. field
10. Type the content for the first page into the "Content" boxGo to the "Content" section
    
    • The "Content" tab section is automatically selected in the left sidebar menu; if it isn't, click the Content
    1. Type the content for the first page in the "Content" box
    • section
    • If you want to enter your entire project's content here, Texts can split it into sections automatically; see Split Texts below
11. Click KMap Terms
    
    • Search for and add subjects in the "Subject Names" field
    • Search for and add places in the "Place Names" field
    • Learn more about Subjects and Places in Mandala (Archived)
12. Click Catalog Data and fill in the fields
13. Click Collection
    
    • Add a collection or subcollection from the "Collection" drop-down menu
    • Type
    In the "Group content visibility" field, type
    • in which groups will be able to see the text
    Add a cover image
    • in the "
    Featured Image
    • Visibility"
    section
14. Scroll down to fill in metadata information for your text
    • Add the author in the "Author" field
    • Add the editor in the "Editor" field
    • Add KMap subjects in the "Subjects" field
    • Add KMap places in the "Places" field 
    • Add a description, the language, the publication year, and the rights in their respective fields
Click on Save and continue if you are finished editing the page
15. Save is located at the bottom of the window

A message will appear confirming the save

16. • field
17. Click Publishing options, then check the "Published" box
18. Click Save text section at the bottom of the page
    

    • A message will appear confirming the save

Split Texts

If you already have the content for your text, you may want Texts to split it into sections automatically. In this case, use the SHANTI Texts Splitter while you're creating your title page. To do this:

1. Click  SHANTI Texts Splitter below the title field 

   • A section will expand

2. Choose Create a new SHANTI Text section at each HTML heading
3. Select all the headings that mark a new section
   • If your text already has HTML headings, you can stop here; your text will split when you Save the section
4. Enter all your text in the "Content" box
5. Click Source

   • This shows you the HTML for the text

6. Wrap the titles of your sections in HTML headings
   
   • For example, <h1>First Section</h1>, where "First Section" is the section title
   • Check out this external introduction to HTML for help

   • Your text will split on the headings when you Save the section