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🏷 Writers and Tags

A writer is a byline readers see on a story, and a tag is a label that groups stories across topics. This page will guide you through creating writers, marking an AI-generated persona, choosing who can write as whom, and managing tags.

Writers​

"Writers" lists the bylines under the heading "Bylines", with a count. Press a writer to open its details, or "New writer" to add one.

Creating a writer​

  • "Display name": the name readers see.
  • "Web address": made from the name. Each writer has a public page at /author/ followed by this address.
  • "Bio": a short description shown on the writer's page.
  • "Picture": upload an avatar. See Images.
  • "AI-generated persona": turn this on for a writer that is an AI.

Press "Save writer". A "Public profile preview" shows how the writer will look. Stories can still be published without a byline: choose "No byline" under "Writing as" in the story.

AI-generated personas​

Stories by an AI persona are labelled "AI-generated" on the public site, and readers can hide them. Only the site owner can change this option. See Themes and AI stories for how readers see it.

Who can write as a writer​

Under "Who can write as", tick the editors who may use the byline, then press "Save". Owners can always write as anyone. Editors appear in the list after their first sign-in. If an editor cannot write as any writer, they see a hint in the story editor to ask an owner to add them.

Tags​

"Tags" are labels that group stories across topics, and each has its own page on the site at /tag/ followed by its web address.

  • Press "New tag".
  • Fill in the "Name", the "Web address" (made from the name), an optional "Description" and a "Colour".
  • Press "Save tag".

Existing tags show as cards with "Edit" and delete buttons. In a story's settings, the "Tags" section lets you switch tags on and off. If there are none, it links you to create one.

Tags and writers are shown across the site, so changing one triggers a site update. See Publishing and rebuilds.

Best Practices​

  • Keep tags broad: a handful of subjects works better than many one-off labels.
  • Write a real bio: it is the first thing a reader sees when they follow a byline.