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
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6. Congratulations you did it! You can now access the network-stories 'Graph View' by clicking the icon below
