I get very excited when someone wants to know how to do something that I have figured out how to do here on Hive. In response to my post recently, 4 year Hive Birthday, where I talked about the collections I have made, @fotostef said he would like to make some too.
Another shout out to @PeakD for making this awesome feature. I have 17 collections and have ideas for many more.
Things to note:
You can have just one author in the collection or many.
You can have as little or as many posts as you want
You can continually add to your collections
You get to pick the cover picture
There is a section at the top of the collection to tell more about it
You can also tell about each post and why you added it the collection
You can put the posts in any order in the collection
You can view collections as posts or collections
You can edit the collection if they are in "view as post"
Here is a video about making collections.
For those that like to read and reference text...this section is for you.
Collection Overview
Click on Collections
Click on a collection ( I chose US National Parks)
Now you will see some great data and info about the collection
Number of posts in the collection
Number of authors in the collection
When the collection was created
When the collection was updated
Information about the collection
All the posts in the collection
Click View as Post
Now you see that it looks like other posts you are used to making
Edit Collection
Edit in view as post
Scroll to the bottom of the page (in view as post) and click three dotes and then edit.
Edit in Collection view
When viewing your collection you can click on the edit button on the top right.
Make a Collection
Thank you @PeakD for making this process so simple.
1- Click on pencil
2- Click on Create a Collection of Posts
A blank collection page
As noted: Do not delete the line already in the post.
3- Add Title
4- Add cover picture
5- Add summary of post
6- Add link for post (s)
7- Add topics
You can choose to add to include in your blog too. I personally like that, then I can see how it is doing. I have found that collections are not seen or commented on or liked as much as my other posts.
Publish!
There you have it. Simple and super fun way to organize your (and others) posts.
This will probably be helpful to a lot of people. I didn't know how to make a collection until you let me know but it's super easy once you do it.
You did a great job explaining the process here as well.
Thanks a lot. It is nice to know if others understand and like how I explain it. I also think that I need to do a post on adding to collections since there are a couple of ways to do it and it is super easy too!
Yeah that would be a good idea, I've never added to any yet. I believe you that it's easy, but still a good idea nonetheless
With the markings it is super easy to understand that will definitely help beginners to deal with it. Really a good idea ! Have a nice start to the week.
Thanks @katrin-lux Hope your weeks is good too.
Thanks for that - looks simple in Your tutorial - I am sure it is, have to try it soon.
Yes you will have a bunch of great collections!
Pls help me understand peakd―what is it about?
It is an interface where you can make your blog posts PEAKD, Hive has many interfaces and this is the one that I use.
Very nice of you ma'am,it seems I am gonna have to educate myself a lot about peakD.
One of these days I should really try this out!
Yes a Holy Places collection!
Ooo, yes!
Thank you, for this post. I've looking for something like this since too long.
Great, glad I could help
Yay! I was thinking of asking you for a long time now and I am glad @fotostef did!
Thank you for sharing, so useful!
Bookmarked :)
Thank you so much for sharing this. I am missing something like this for a long time. YOu know to make our profile pages more interesting and organized. I am losing it sometimes when I see how unorganized everything is on the blockchain.
That's really useful Sara, and you know what it's almost my one year on Hive, I'm gonna use it. Thank you very much for sharing!
This is a great tutorial, having both video and text is helpful, so I am glad you posted your tutorial both ways. This makes organizing content on PeakD a lot better, something those of us new to this system need to learn. Thanks for sharing this information.
Thanks @thunderjack So glad this tutorial is helpful. Welcome to Hive and Splinterlands.
Hi,
I started using collections and found your post very helpful, but yours gives me an error just like mine?
I don't suppose you know how to fix this?
@jarvie or @asgarth can you help us? There are multiple times I have wanted to use my collections and make a new one. Any idea when it might be fixed?
Ah, thanks for escalating! 🥰
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