Start a Text

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. 

1. Log in to Texts
2. Click the menu icon
   • This icon is four horizontal lines in the top 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
   • This new page will be the root node 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

   1. 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
9. Click KMap Terms
   
   1. Search for and add subjects in the "Subject Names" field
   2. Search for and add places in the "Place Names" field
      • Learn more at  Add Texts to Knowledge Maps
10. Click Catalog Data
    1. Add a cover image in the "Featured Image" section
    2. Add a description in the "Description" field
    3. Add the author in the "Author" field
    4. Add the editor in the "Editor" field
    5. Add the translator, language, date, publication year, and the rights in their respective field
11. Click Collection
    1. Add a collection or subcollection from the "Collection" drop-down menu
    2. Type in which groups will be able to see the text in the "Visibility" field
12. Click Admin
    1. Type the status in the "Status" field
13. Click Revision information
    1. Type an explanation of your revisions in the "Revision log message" field
14. Click Publishing options
    1. Check the "Published" box
15. Click Preview at the bottom of the page to review your text
16. Click Save text section at the bottom of the page
    

    • A message will appear confirming the save