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 @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