You're registered. Now what? Learn how to publish your stories here...

Login

Most story skins don't have a login form... go to Reactor to login. The login form is at the bottom of this page. Enter your username and password. If you are on a shared computer, such as at school or a library, check 'Shared Computer'.

Now that you are logged in, your story will appear under the heading 'Drafts'. You might want to follow the link to your story in a new tab so you can refer back this article easier.

Your Profile

Now you are logged in, you will see a link to the Admin Area. It's location may vary depending on the skin, but here is an example:

Once you are in the Admin Area, look in the left side column and you will see a link to your profile. You can change your name, password etc. When you are done scroll down and click 'Change Settings' to save your changes.

Add Members To Your Team... Or Join Someone Else's Team

After a book is created, you can choose to allow others to collaborate with you on your story. If you would like to allow other members to contribute to your story, they must be registered here, then you can add them to your team. To add a member to your team, login to the Admin Area. Your books will be listed here. Click 'Settings' for the book you want to add members to. Near the top of the page you will see a list of your team members. Below that is a link... 'Click here to edit your team...' Clicking that link brings you to a page with more details about members who are already on your team, and below that a dropdown list of members who can be added.

Add Notifications

Under the settings for your story, there is a field called 'Notifications'. If I haven't done so already, add your e-mail address here, and anyone else you would like to notify when an item is added. Use a semicolon to separate addresses.

Add Pages And Chapters

Each page is an item. And each page needs to be in a Chapter, called a Category in the Admin Area. There can be as many pages in a chapter as you want, of as few as one. And Chapters can be as many as you want or as few as one. If you prefer to write short stories, a book can contain multiple stories, and categories would then be renamed Stories. So, how does one add a page? Most skins have an 'Add Page' link that appears when you are logged in and are in a book to which you are authorized to add a page. This link will pop up a small window with an editor in it. Or you can go to the Admin Area, and in the top left you will see 'Add Item'. Select your book from the drop-down list underneath.

You can save your page as a draft, or publish it right away. Note, when your story is first created, the whole story is in draft mode and you really don't need to save a page as draft. When you are ready to publish your page, select a category, or choose 'New Category' in the Category drop-down. Make sure you choose one under the book title you want to publish to! Select the radio button 'Add Now', then click click 'Edit Item'. If you chose an existing category, it will be published now. If you chose to create a new category, you will be asked if you want to create a new category.

If you are in the admin area, use this drop-down to select your story to add a page to it. However, if you have added or edited a page from a link ('Add Page' or 'Edit') in your story, then you are not in the admin area, and won't see this, or be able to order your pages. You need to be in the 'Admin Area' to do that!

In fact most of what follows requires you to be in the 'Admin Area'.

Changing the Order of Your Pages

Nucleus by default will display your pages with the newest ones at the top. For writing a story that is the opposite of what we usually want. In the admin area, there is a link called 'Ordered'. You can see it in the screen shot, under plugins. Follow this link to begin ordering your pages after you have saved a few of them.

Next, select your story from the drop-down.

Here I have numbered the items in the order I want them. You have to enter one line at a time, then hit set, then the next line, etc... Note that instead of '1, 2, 3' they are ordered '10, 20, 30'. This is to make it easier to add pages in-between. Instead of having to renumber a bunch of pages later, I can add a page and number it '15'.

Creating, Naming and Ordering Chapters

You can change the names of your categories and the order they appear. More on that later, this page is a work in progress...