Your first day in conduit

Your first day in conduit

Conduit gives you two ways to start: sign in with an existing account or create an account, then open a profile. The profile route uses a username and provides the person's profile details, article lists, and—depending on whose profile you open—profile actions.

Before you start

Have the details for the account path you want to use and the username of the profile you want to visit. The first-day screens use these fields:

These fields have no required marker, so enter the information needed for the account request before submitting it.

Reach the sign-in, sign-up, and profile screens

The sign-in screen is at /login, the sign-up screen is at /register, and a profile uses the profile screen for <username>. You can also move between the two account screens using their account links.

Prerequisites

• Know whether you are signing in or creating an account.
• Have the account details listed in Before you start.
• Have the profile username if you are opening a profile.

Steps

1. Open /login to reach the sign-in screen.
2. Select Need an account? to open the sign-up screen.
3. Select Have an account? to return to the sign-in screen.
4. Open the profile screen for <username>.

Result: The selected sign-in, sign-up, or profile screen is open.

Sign in or create your account

Sign-in uses an existing account; sign-up sends the details for a new account.

Prerequisites

• For sign-in, have your email address and password.
• For sign-up, have the username, email address, and password for the new account.

Steps

1. Choose one account path and complete only that path:

   Path	Complete path
   Existing account	In Email, enter your email address. In Password, enter your password. Select Sign in.
   New account	In Username, enter the new account name. In Email, enter the account email address. In Password, enter the account password. Select Sign up.

Result: The account request is submitted from the selected account screen.

Recognize the first-day screens

The three first-day screens have distinct jobs: Login and Register collect account details, while Profile displays profile information and article views.

On Profile, the page first has a loading state with Loading profile.... If loading fails, it shows This profile could not be loaded. Please try again later.. When the profile is loaded, the profile area includes the username and bio, followed by the profile action and article tabs.

The error area on Login and Register displays a dynamic entry in the form <field> <message>, where the field name and message come from the account response. A network failure uses Unable to connect to the server.

Visit a profile

The profile page presents the selected username and bio, offers article views, and shows an action that depends on whether the profile is yours and whether you follow it.

Prerequisites

• Know the profile username.
• Know the username in the profile address.

Steps

1. Open the profile screen for <username>.

2. Confirm that the profile area has loaded.

3. Read the displayed username and bio.

4. Select My Articles to view the profile's articles.

5. Select Favorited Articles to view the profile's favorited articles.

6. Choose the profile action that matches the profile state:

   Profile state	Action
   The profile belongs to you	Select Edit Profile Settings.
   The profile belongs to another person and you do not follow the profile	Select Follow.
   The profile belongs to another person and you follow the profile	Select Unfollow.

Result: The profile information and the selected article view are on screen, or the selected profile action has been started.

Handle the first-day branches

The first-day flow branches according to the account path, the redirect address, the profile owner, and the profile's follow state.

Result: The account path, redirect destination, profile action, and profile error state match the situation on screen.

When the first-day flow goes wrong

When account errors are present, Login and Register display an error list above the form. When account errors are present, each entry shows the field name followed by the first message for that field. A network failure uses Unable to connect to the server.

Prerequisites

• Be on the screen that displays the message.

Steps

1. Choose the recovery action that matches the message:

   If you see…	Do this
   Unable to connect to the server	Check the connection, then retry the account request.
   A dynamic <field> <message> entry above Login	Correct the named account detail, then select Sign in.
   A dynamic <field> <message> entry above Register	Correct the named account detail, then select Sign up.
   This profile could not be loaded. Please try again later.	Check the profile username, then open the profile screen for <username>.
   Loading profile...	Confirm that the profile area has loaded before choosing a profile action or article tab.

Result: The account request or profile screen is ready for the next action.

For reusable message explanations, see General error messages. For broader troubleshooting, see Common issues and solutions.

Continue after your first visit

After account access and a first profile visit, continue with the task that matches what you want to do next.