This section provides a brief tutorial for creating and posting articles on Jabberpress. For more details on using this App, see our FAQ.

Step 1: Edit Preferences

If this is your first article, you may wish to edit preferences used to display your article. These include: your pen name, news locale, and profile image. If preferences have already been updated, skip to step 2.

A "pen name" is the formal name displayed as the author of your work. It can be almost any name you choose, so long as it does not identify someone other than yourself or your organization. Also, the system will not let you choose a name that is currently in use.

The "News Locale" is a state, city, or region that represents your target audience. This locale is used as the default location for publishing your work. It also helps in establishing credibility with local readers.

The "Profile Image" is displayed along side author details for articles on Jabberpress. This image is slightly larger than the "icon image" used to identify your user account.

To access preference, select the "Personal Profile" tab. Then, select "Preferences" under the "Account Manager" menu. Click the "Edit" button and enter a values. Click "Save" when finished.

Step 2: Add a new article

Select the "Journal" tab at the top of your App Manager. Then, select "Articles" from the sidebar menu (selected by default). Now click the "New" button at the top right of the article table.

On the "Add Article" page, you will need to enter, at minimum, the title of your article, the article text, and the subject or story that inspired it.

By default, your user name will be shown as the articles "author". If you created a "pen name" in step 1, the user name will be converted to your pen name when the article is saved. Optionally, the field can be left blank.

Step 3: Saving your work

For convenience, the article entry form has a checkbox labeled "Publish Now". Saving an article with this box checked will post it immediately to your "Home Page" and "News Locale" indexes. After clicking the "Save" button, continue to step 4. If you chose the "Publish Now" option, and do not wish to set additional properties, you are done!

Step 4: Set Article Properties

Once you have saved the initial article, you may edit the article properties. These include header image, keywords, media references, comment preferences, etc.. For descriptions, move your mouse cursor over the label name for each field in the "Article Config" form. The description will display in the bottom window.

Step 5: Publish your article

To include an article in our search engine, it must be published to one or more locales. A locale is any state, city, or region where there are people interested in your article. At minimum, an article should be published to the authors "Home Page" and "News" locales.

To add locales, click the "publish" button on the top right of the "Article Config" page. On the left side of the "published Locales" table, click the "world" icon to select a desired locale. Then, click the "add" button. Continue adding locales as necessary. A standard account can publish in up to 20 locales per article; with over 43,000 to choose from.

Finally, to post your article for public viewing, you must change the article access to "public" and its status to "active". To do this, return to the "Article Config" page and click the "Edit" button. Once all changes have been made, click the "save" button.

That's it. You have started!

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