diff --git a/docs/write-an-article.md b/docs/write-an-article.md index 30ad947..5f1a2bf 100644 --- a/docs/write-an-article.md +++ b/docs/write-an-article.md @@ -7,13 +7,18 @@ Here is how to write a post on Hashnode: 1. Log in to your Hashnode account. -2. Click on the **Write a Story...** button at the top of your feed. +2. There are three ways to start writing. -![Write a Story](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614679369507/PyRBo723X.png?auto=compress) + 1. Click on the **Write a Story...** button at the top of your feed. + + ![Write a Story](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614679369507/PyRBo723X.png?auto=compress) -3. Alternatively, you can use this blue fat button to open the story editor too. + 2. Alternatively, you can use this blue fat button to open the story editor too. -![Hashnode's Write button](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614690908013/bWNmLkqsp.png?auto=compress) + ![Hashnode's Write button](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614690908013/bWNmLkqsp.png?auto=compress) + + 3. You can also directly visit https://hn.new. + ![hn.new](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1646246964700/GbIaAvbqa.png?auto=compress) 3. You will now see Hashnode's distraction free editor. @@ -31,32 +36,32 @@ Here is how to write a post on Hashnode: ![Select Tags on Hashnode](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614681199811/FfRCELANU.png?auto=compress) -6. Click on the **Add cover photo** button to upload a cover photo for your article (with recommended dimensions of 1200px width and 630px height). You can also add a subtitle for your article using the **Add Subtitle** button near it. +7. Click on the **Add cover photo** button to upload a cover photo for your article (with recommended dimensions of 1200px width and 630px height). You can also add a subtitle for your article using the **Add Subtitle** button near it. ![Upload Cover Photo on Hashnode](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614681233146/g-TEOxBRD.png?auto=compress) -7. If you want a different image to appear when you share your article on social media platforms (e.g., Twitter and Facebook), click on the **Upload an image** button to upload a custom OG image for your article. +8. If you want a different image to appear when you share your article on social media platforms (e.g., Twitter and Facebook), click on the **Upload an image** button to upload a custom OG image for your article. We recommended using a dimension of 1200px width and 630px height in the **Custom OG Image** section. ![Upload Custom OG image on Hashnode](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614684741393/5P5md_rwz.png?auto=compress) -8. If you want to backdate the published date of your article, click on the **Select a date** button to select your desired publish date in the **Publish on a backdate** section. +9. If you want to backdate the published date of your article, click on the **Select a date** button to select your desired publish date in the **Publish on a backdate** section. ![Backdate a post on Hashnode](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614685215890/eOLjjno9S.png?auto=compress) -9. Are you republishing an article? Click on the **Add Original Article** button to change the canonical URL of the article to the original article in the **Are you republishing?** section. +10. Are you republishing an article? Click on the **Add Original Article** button to change the canonical URL of the article to the original article in the **Are you republishing?** section. ![Add Canonical URL on Hashnode](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614685254513/YjP1twa8r.png?auto=compress) -10. Once you publish your article on your blog, we display the article on Hashnode feeds for more readership. If you want to hide the article from the Hashnode Community, click on the **Yes, hide from Hashnode and display on my blog only** checkbox in the **Hide from Hashnode Community** section. +11. Once you publish your article on your blog, we display the article on Hashnode feeds for more readership. If you want to hide the article from the Hashnode Community, click on the **Yes, hide from Hashnode and display on my blog only** checkbox in the **Hide from Hashnode Community** section. ![Hide article from the Hashnode Community](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614689898007/7C2N4xKnh.png?auto=compress) -11. If you want to edit your article's slug (e.g., https://townhall.hashnode.com/here-is-the-article-slug) before publishing, click on the ✏️ icon to edit the slug in the **Post slug** section at the top-right sidebar of the editor on your *desktop* or bottom corner of the editor on your *mobile* screen. +12. If you want to edit your article's slug (e.g., https://townhall.hashnode.com/here-is-the-article-slug) before publishing, click on the ✏️ icon to edit the slug in the **Post slug** section at the top-right sidebar of the editor on your *desktop* or bottom corner of the editor on your *mobile* screen. ![Edit Post Slug on Hashnode](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614689938024/gp6N2wG-N.png?auto=compress) -12. If you don't want to publish your article on your blog but on Hashnode (www.hashnode.com), uncheck the **Publish this article on my blog** checkbox in the **Select your blog** section. +13. If you don't want to publish your article on your blog but on Hashnode (www.hashnode.com), uncheck the **Publish this article on my blog** checkbox in the **Select your blog** section. ![Post on Hashnode](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1614689975621/9AP8PBS3K.png?auto=compress)