This is our recommended order for creating, configuring, and populating your Humap project.

Following the order in this guide is optional. While it is easier to configure your website, create some taxonomies and terms, and then start creating content, you can begin by creating pages or content first. 

• Create your map and grant user permissions. You can do this by either:
  • Sending your organisation’s Humap administrator an email with your desired website name, URL, and project features, as well as a list of names and emails for people you would like to be granted admin or Contribute access to this map
  • Logging into the subscription platform and creating your map project, assigning its features, and assigning yourself and your team admin or Contribute access.

• Log in and customise your website:
  • Log into your Humap project website by going to [your url].humap.site/admin and signing in with your email and password
  • Update your Preferences for this Humap website: contact email, logos etc
  • Add your brand colour scheme
  • Add your Contribute preferences (if using this feature)

• Set rules on how content is categorised and populated:
  • Add taxonomies and terms to define your content and make it easier for users to find what they are looking for
    • We recommend doing this first so that you can assign taxonomies and terms to records as you make them, and because they need to exist if you wish to import records with terms attached. You could create records, then taxonomies, and go back and manually assign them to your records if you wish
  • Create Data Fields (if using this feature) to standardise information across records
• Create content:
  • Start with records. You can create them manually or import them from a spreadsheet
  • After you have some records, you can create collections, walking trails, journeys, and timelines
  • Add some historical maps or spatial data overlays
• Create additional content to help your audience:
  • Quick starts link your users to relevant pages
  • Tray Views introduces users to your map and contain guidance
  • Pagemaker is our website creation tool. Use these pages to inform your audience and surface your content