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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 Click the Add Text button on the right section 
   • If you don't see Add Text, click the |< icon under the search icon
   • This new page will be the root node is the title page of the text

   • The "Create Text" page will open

6. Write your text's title in the "Title" field"Title" is located in the top left of the page
7. Click SHANTI Texts Splitter

   • A drop-down menu will unfold

   • Choose whether you want to split your text into sections
   • If yes, select which header levels you want to signal new sections
8. Type the content for the first page into the "Content" box
   
   • The "Content" section is automatically selected in the left sidebar menu; if it isn't, click the Content section
   • If you want to enter your entire project's content here, Texts can split it into sections automatically; see Split Texts below
9. 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
   at  Add Texts to Knowledge Maps
   • about Subjects and Places in Mandala (Archived)
10. Click Catalog Data
11. Add a cover image in the "Featured Image" section
12. Add a description in the "Description" field
13. Add the author in the "Author" field
14. Add the editor in the "Editor" field
Add the translator, language, date, publication year, and the rights in their respective fieldand fill in the fields
15. Click Collection
    
    • Add a collection or subcollection from the "Collection" drop-down menu
    • Type in which groups will be able to see the text in the "Visibility" field
16. Click AdminType the status in Publishing options, then check the "StatusPublished" field
17. Click Revision information
    1. Type an explanation of your revisions in the "Revision log message" field
18. Click Publishing options
    1. Check the "Published" box
19. Click Preview
    • Find "Preview" at the bottom of the window
Click Save text section if you are finished editing the page

20. Find "Save" at the bottom of the window

A message will appear confirming the save

21. box
22. 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