Basic terminology

What these terms mean

Conduit uses these terms for the main places where you browse, publish, and manage your account.

Start with Before you start to choose the account branch that applies to you.

Before you start

Prerequisites

• Know whether you are signing in to an existing account or registering a new one.
• For Login, have the account's Email and Password ready.
• For Register, have a Username, Email, and Password ready.
• To use Your Feed, be signed in.
• To open Settings, be signed in.

The account form uses Email and Password on both Login and Register. Username appears on Register. A form submission control is disabled while its form is invalid.

After you know the account branch, continue to Home to identify the feed you need.

Find and recognize the feeds

Prerequisites

• Open Home.

Steps

1. Select Global Feed to browse the general article list.
2. If you are signed in, select Your Feed to browse the feed for profiles you follow.
3. Look under Popular Tags for links that open articles filtered by a tag.
4. While tags are loading, look for Loading tags....
5. If loading finishes without tags, look for No tags are here... yet..

Result: Home displays the selected feed, and the sidebar identifies the tag-list state.

From a feed, open an Article when you need to read or act on its content.

Understand Article and Editor screens

The Editor contains these fields:

Prerequisites

• Open the Editor to create an article, or open an article you can modify to revise it.
• To comment, open an Article while signed in.

Steps

1. Enter the article heading in Article Title.
2. Enter its short description in What's this article about?.
3. Enter the content in Write your article (in markdown).
4. Enter a tag in Enter tags.
5. Press Enter in Enter tags to add the tag to the tag list.
6. Select the close icon next to a tag to remove that tag.
7. Select Publish Article to create or update the Article.
8. On an Article you can modify, select Edit Article to open its Editor.
9. On an Article you can modify, select Delete Article to remove it.
10. In the signed-in comment form, enter text in Write a comment....
11. Select Post Comment to add the comment.

Result: The Editor sends the article data, and a successful save opens the Article route. The Article page shows the owner actions when you can modify that Article; other viewers receive follow and favorite controls instead.

Sign in or register

Prerequisites

• Open Login for an existing account or Register for a new account.

Steps

1. Choose the form that matches your task:

   If you need to…	Choose
   Use an existing account	Login
   Create an account	Register

2. Complete the fields and submit the selected form:

   Form	Fields	Submit
   Login	Email and Password	Sign in
   Register	Username, Email, and Password	Sign up

3. Switch forms when your task changes:

   If you are on…	Select
   Register	Have an account?
   Login	Need an account?

Result: The selected account form submits only when its required fields are valid.

Use Profile, Favorites, and Settings

Prerequisites

• Open a Profile.
• To change profile details, open the signed-in profile.

Steps

1. Select My Posts to view the profile's articles.
2. Select Favorited Posts to view the profile's favorites.
3. On your own profile, select Edit Profile Settings.
4. Enter a profile-picture address in URL of profile picture.
5. Enter the account name in Username.
6. Enter a short biography in Short bio about you.
7. Enter the account email in Email.
8. Enter a new password in New Password when you are changing it.
9. Select Update Settings.
10. Select Or click here to logout. when you need to leave the account.

Result: Settings sends the profile form; after a successful update, the application opens the updated profile. Logging out uses the account's logout action.

When a message appears

The application displays returned error entries in the error area for the screen. Each entry uses the returned key followed by its value.

Error text is rendered as <key> <value> for each returned error entry.

Continue with a related task

Use What is Conduit for orientation, Who uses Conduit for audience information, and What can you do with Conduit for the product's capabilities. Use System requirements before access setup and Getting help when you need assistance.

For navigation and setup, continue with Understanding the interface, Navigation basics, Personalizing your workspace, or Your first day. For loading and error handling, use Authentication and loading messages, Loading and unavailable states, FAQ, General error messages, or Common issues and solutions.