Newbie01 - A Beginner Guide To Steemit for an Overview of the Website Steemit.com
Overview of Steemit
As a newbie or beginner to Steemit, it is quite easy to learn how to use the Steemit website with this guides. It is written in the simplest instruction along with a screenshot to assist in your understanding. Below are the steps to be followed:-
Step 1 - Steemit Website address
1.1 Laptop or desktop computer
Click on your favorite browser of your choice, then type the 'steemit.com' in the address bar of your browser
1.2 Once the website open, click the login button
1.3 Wait for the website to process until you see a login panel appear. Type you Steemit ID and your password that email by steemit.com, then click the Login button as indicated in the screenshot below.
You need to be extra careful when dealing with your password. DO NOT lose it, it is NOT recoverable. Please read the Rules of Password below:-
After you have clicked the login button, a new page will appear. From this page, you will see a list of post and you may notice by default, the website URL is https://steemit.com/@yousteemitid/feed as indicated in the following screenshots.
( Or you may see a screen without any post )
There are several key areas you need to pay attention to. A row of menu tab listed top of the page namely:-
- Steemit Logo
- Trending
- New
- Hot
- Promoted
- Search icon
- Post ( Pen ) icon
- Avatar
- Bar Menu
- tag selection drop-down box
As a first time user of steemit, it is recommended to browse the website briefly to understanding the contents by default as well as content after a menu is clicked.
Please review the following screenshot according to the menu tag below
Trending
This is a listing of posts that are in trend
More reading of Trending
New
Hot
Promoted
Search Button
Post
Avatar
In this Avatar menu, the first thing to do is to edit your setting. Identify where is the setting, click on it and you will see a setting panel appear as per screen. Do take some time to navigate the other tab to see what you can do
Bar Menu
Tag Selection Drop-Down Menu
As a beginner to Steemit, my personal experience is to get familiar with the website. Hence, I compiled this article is to provide an easy to follow steps for newbie follow and to shorten the learning curve.
I must confess that this write-up is very brief because you will be confused at this stage if too details are provided. I am in the progress to write a more detail of these overview and will post it as soon as I get it done. Please check out my post regularly from my profile @digitalmind
Meanwhile please bookmark this post and you are welcome to regularly check out my published post from time to time. My next psot will be "How To Write Your First Post"
Please do provide feedback or request in the comment section of this post.
Here is the Newbie02 Tutorial
Some Related Articles
- How To Jump-start Your Steemit
- Top Tips To Succeed in Steemit
- Steemit Bootcamp in March 2018
- Steemit Frequently Asked Questions
Disclaimer:
- The screenshot taken is with my laptop and browser used. It may differ from what you get from your laptop or computer.
- The appearance may be different if you use a mobile device to read this post
- All image source are from Steemit.com
In item 1.3 login, I think you really really need to STRESS to use there posting key when logging in, not any of the other keys. When the active key is needed steemit will ask for it, example when conducting wallet transactions. And when ever a page ask for your key even if it is just the posting key, make sure you look at the web address and that it is steemit and not some variation on the spelling like an extra e or the letter i being replaced by l or 1 or any other spelling errors. Also when clicking a link on a steemit post look at where that link goes just rest the mouse over the ink and look at the bottom of the browser to see where it is sending you.
Other than that a nice quick over view.
Thank You @bashadow for the reminder. I really appreciate your constructive input to stress the importance of the posting key to be used in the login page.
However, after examine my step in 1.3, and since you have to login *for the first time, you have only one password from steemit since there is no other key.
Please feedback if my analysis is accurate
Thanks
Yes you have only the master password, and also no way of ever choosing your own since that is the masterkey for your blockchain wallet. So you need to take them through regenerating a new set of keys to be safe, but if you opt not to they need to know that they then go to wallet and view all the private keys one by one and copy them down, including the initial password they got MASTER KEY , keep this safe on an offline usb , paper in their wallet, something. Once they have
then they can logout and log back in using the posting key, keeping in mind the browser will ask to remember , which is ok. Kind of helps becuase a spam site url won't match so if asked to log in you will wonder why your browser or password manager did not fill this info out. When doing wallet activities they need the "active key" and may go copy that when required but do not let the password manager or browser remember or update the original posting key as your default pass. Same with steemconnect.
@penderis thanks for dropping by this post and appreciate your additional input to the various keys
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@digitalmind, thanks for contributing yet another awesome article for newbie. It is really follow "teacher" method which is step by step guide to the beginner like factory SOP. It can motivate them as most of them have no idea what to do once they get approve. I appreciate your effort not only writing but the print-screen process which can be a guidance photo. Thanks.
thanks @kenclickrich for your input. Yes, it is almost like a production line . Pls follwo thru my psot as I will continue to add on more tutorial. **The next tutorial is "how to Write a First Post" **
@digitalmind, looking forward for your next post.
A very helpful introduction for newbies. If you can make a post about servers, which to join and their peculiarities, I'm pretty sure it will go a long way to help newbies get along on the platform.
Thanks...
@scarletmedia Thanks for your input. I supposed you meant discord server ?
Yes I did. Various discord servers newbies can join to foster their growth on the blockchain would be helpful
you are right! Unfortunately, most servers I join are already very crowded Although there are server provide mentor feedback but to get into them is very difficult especially we have time zone difference.
Oh yeah that's true. Minnows really need a lot of patience, perseverance, commitment and smartness in order to get noticed in steemit. Steemit is a platform with a lot of competitions going on between users.
You are doing a great job at helping them. Keep up the good works sir! Cheers!!👍
@scarletmedia I am sorry for the late response as I was overwhelmed by so many comments on my tutorial posts. I like to thank you for your input and remarks as those also apply to me
I wish you to uphold what you have stated too
Cheers
This is a very thorough post on the very very basics of Steemit @digitalmind. Good effort in doing the screenshots too coupled with the step by step explanation to it
@karinzdailygrind thanks for the input. Yes, it is intended to be very basic as most newbies I met in discord don't know how to move around
I will write about more advance stuff when I have reach that level
cheers
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thank you @altruisticbot for selected my post. I appreciate your upvote as well. Looking forward to have better cooperation
cheers
So many feedback interaction! Good job guys! Make sure spelling and grammar mistake been corrected. Be sure to read and revise for proofreading.
Thanks, @legendchew I use firefox grammarly extension. Corrected before 4I hit the post button. By the way, I just joined Quarator
Practice for capital letter also. Always use full words on comment/feedback. It will help you improve your writing too. It is known as Qurator. Remember to correct it. All the best!
done
Correction:
Thanks, @legendchew. I am using the Firefox Grammarly extension. I will correct it before I hit the post button. By the way, I just joined Qurator.@legenchew, that was a perfect correction. I appreciate what you have done and I will continue to practice it.
Cheers
@digitalmind, how awesome that you wrote this post! Sometimes we forget what it was like to be new. :)
Hi @karencarrens I am glad you dropped by my post and left feedback in this comment section. You are right, sometimes we just take things for granted. I do the same too.
I was promoted to write this post because I need to guide my friend who joined Steemit
Cheers
So great @digitalmind that you are helping to onboard new Steemians! Keep up the good work!!
@karencarrens I am trying to offer what I can do since my voting power is still low. But I cannot do alone. I hope you can assist too.
Cheers
Nice post! Very helpful for newbies like me :) The basics are really important.
@julimattos I am glad it helps you. Pls do read the subsequent tutorial as I write a continuation topic
cheers