FAQ — Insights of Medium.com for new bloggers

?1.??????What is the URL for creating medium blogs or to Sign in?

2.??????From where to Sign up as new user to my medium.com account?

3.??????How to sign with your email or other existing email account?

On hitting the Get started option from above, you will see below email selection page

Select the options go through the authentication process as a standard process.

5.??????How to sign with your email after medium.com account?

After Username and password was set, now select the option “Sign In” in from home page (refer FAQ 1) to see below login page

On providing the registered email following confirmation message is shown

?6.??????How to approve the login to medium.com?

You will get an email notification in your registered mail as below for logging to the medium.com

7.??????How to login now to medium.com once we received the email notification?

Select the above link in the email notification to traverse to the home page of your account.

?8.??????What will happen on hitting the link that we received in the registered email?

You will be directed to medium.com home page

?9.??????How to check my stories if I have created already?

You select the down arrow mark option as shown below (right top corner)

Select the option “Stories” from above list menu, this will take you to the page as below to show all your stories in 2 tabs namely Draft, Published

10.??How to start writing my new blog or article or stories in medium.com?

Select the Write option

This will show the below editor for creating new article or blog or stories

This is similar to rich text editor and start writing the content.

?11.??What are the Options available in medium editor page?

Click on the plus symbol

These are the options for adding image, video, embed code or code script or new section.

12.??After completing the document how should I publish for public to read?

Select the Publish option once you have some content in the editor

?13.??Where to include the tags for my article or blog and publish immediately?

On selecting the publish in above page, you will see final page to add the tags (this is important for search engines & followers / viewers)

In the above page, Publish and send now is the option needs to be selected for publishing the article or blog immediately.

?14.??How to schedule the publish my article or blog later instead of immediately?

Select Schedule for later option from the above page, you will see the time setting for future publication

Select Schedule to publish and send to schedule for the publish.

?15.??How to check the publications or organization that is approved for posting in a closed group?

?Look for the Add to publication option on hitting the three dots as highlighted below (You should be in the story editor page)

16.??How to edit my stories or delete my stories?

17.??Is medium.com member account is free subscription?

Yes, there is free member accounts and premier member's type. By default, it is registered for free subscription and can be upgraded at later stage anytime from the below option in the home page.

18.??Is there option to share the medium.com article to any social media?

Yes, you can share to Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn directly from your published article / blog / stories!

19. How to get the link for the existing medium.com article / blog / stories?

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