{"id":224,"date":"2018-04-03T16:53:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T16:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/?p=224"},"modified":"2021-07-14T22:28:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T22:28:53","slug":"creating-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/uncategorized\/creating-a-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To get started in Scalar, you will need to create a book.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"vspace\">Go to your Scalar site via the My Apps link or the Scalar URL you established during the setup process.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019104.3-scalar-sign-in.gif\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-437\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019104.3-scalar-sign-in.gif\" alt=\"Screenshot of Scalar sign-in button\" width=\"1294\" height=\"515\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">Log in to Scalar using the username and password you set up during the installation process.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019104.3-scalar-login-page.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-438\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019104.3-scalar-login-page.gif\" alt=\"Screenshot of Scalar log-in page\" width=\"440\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">Go to the top right corner and click, <strong>Dashboard<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019104.3-scalar-landing-page.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-439\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019104.3-scalar-landing-page.gif\" alt=\"Screenshot of Scalar landing page and dashboard link\" width=\"1142\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">Select the <strong>My Account<\/strong> tab and at the bottom of the page type in a title for your book. This can be changed at a later time if needed. Click <strong>Create<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-04-03-at-12.46-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-225\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-04-03-at-12.46-PM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of Scalar account settings\" width=\"1402\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-04-03-at-12.46-PM.png 1402w, https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-04-03-at-12.46-PM-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-04-03-at-12.46-PM-768x261.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-04-03-at-12.46-PM-1024x348.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1402px) 100vw, 1402px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">You now see your book in the &#8220;My books&#8221; list. From there you will be able to build your Scalar book.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-03-at-12.48-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-226\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-03-at-12.48-PM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of Scalar account settings\" width=\"1156\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-03-at-12.48-PM.png 1156w, https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-03-at-12.48-PM-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-03-at-12.48-PM-768x516.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-04-03-at-12.48-PM-1024x688.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1156px) 100vw, 1156px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To get started in Scalar, you will need to create a book. Go to your Scalar site via the My Apps link or the Scalar URL you established during the setup process. Log in to Scalar using the username and password you set up during the installation process. Go to the top right corner and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.grinnell.edu\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}