Follow the step-by-step instructions below to begin your journey.
1. Download and Install Obsidian for your OS by going to: https://obsidian.md/download
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2. Navigate to the GitHub repository located here: https://github.com/status-im/network-stories
3. Left-click the green 'Code' button and click 'Open with GitHub Desktop'
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4. Download and Install GitHub Desktop for your OS (if not previously installed)
5. Click 'Sign in to Github.com' in GitHub Desktop if you have a pre-existing GitHub account and follow the sub-instructions below.
1. Left-click 'Current Repository' in the top-left of the GitHub Desktop application (see below)
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2. Click the 'Add' button and left-click 'Clone Repository'
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3. Click on the URL tab and paste the network-stories repository: https://github.com/status-im/network-stories
4. Remember your 'Local Path' and press 'Clone'
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5. Go back to Obsidian and click the 'Open' button to the right of "Open folder as vault - Choose an existing folder of Markdown Files." and navigate to the 'Local Path' from above and click 'Open' again to open the directory as an Obsidian Vault
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6. Congratulations you did it! You can now access the network-stories 'Graph View' by clicking the icon below
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1. Otherwise, click 'Create your free account' to create a new GitHub account then sign into GitHub Desktop with your newly created account and follow the sub-instructions below.
1. If you created a new GitHub account and signed into GitHub Desktop, click 'Finish' to use the default settings and follow the prompts as necessary.
2. Click 'Clone a Repository from the Internet...' from within GitHub Desktop
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3. Click on the URL tab and paste the network-stories repository: https://github.com/status-im/network-stories
4. Remember your 'Local Path' (circled below) and press 'Clone'
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5. Go back to Obsidian and click the 'Open' button to the right of "Open folder as vault - Choose an existing folder of Markdown Files." and navigate to the 'Local Path' from above and click 'Open' again to open the directory as an Obsidian Vault
6. Congratulations you did it! You can either hop to [[Logos Program]] to begin learning in a sequential fashion or you can YOLO skip around to different `Topics` by exploring the network-stories `'Graph View'` by clicking the icon below or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-G (Windows) or Cmd-G (Mac).
