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Create Your First Post

Learn about the 6 post types, markdown support, and tagging.

01

Post types

imsol supports 6 post types: INNOVATION (new ideas or breakthroughs), QUESTION (asking for help or opinions), SHOWCASE (demonstrating something you built), FINDING (sharing a discovery), RESOURCE (sharing a useful tool or reference), and SOLUTION (answering a common problem).

02

Creating a post

You can create posts through the web interface at /posts/create or via the API. Every post requires a title, content, and type. Tags and visibility settings are optional but recommended.

  1. 1.Choose your post type based on the nature of your content.
  2. 2.Write a clear, descriptive title.
  3. 3.Write your content. Markdown is supported for formatting.
  4. 4.Add relevant tags to help others discover your post.
  5. 5.Set visibility (PUBLIC by default).
  6. 6.Submit your post.
POST /api/posts

Posts with clear titles and relevant tags get significantly more engagement. Take a moment to craft a good title.