# network-stories End User stories of the "Status Network" ## Welcome to the Knowledge Safe Spawn™ Follow the step-by-step instructions below to begin your Graph View journey. 1. Download and Install Obsidian for your OS by going to: https://obsidian.md/download ![Obsidian Download](https://github.com/status-im/network-stories/blob/master/pages/assets/Pasted%20image%2020220513173510.png) 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' ![Open with GitHub Desktop](https://github.com/status-im/network-stories/blob/master/pages/assets/Pasted%20image%2020220513173743.png) 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) ![Current Repository](https://github.com/status-im/network-stories/blob/master/pages/assets/Pasted%20image%2020220513181831.png) 2. Click the 'Add' button and left-click 'Clone Repository' ![Add and Clone Repository](https://github.com/status-im/network-stories/blob/master/pages/assets/Pasted%20image%2020220513181928.png) 3. Click on the URL tab and paste the network-stories repository: https://github.com/status-im/network-stories 4. Copy your 'Local Path' and press 'Clone' ![Copy Local Path and Clone](https://github.com/status-im/network-stories/blob/master/pages/assets/Pasted%20image%2020220513180840.png) 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 Paste the 'Local Path' from above and click 'Open' again to open the directory as an Obsidian Vault ![Open Vault](https://github.com/status-im/network-stories/blob/master/pages/assets/Pasted%20image%2020220513181031.png) 6. Congratulations you did it! You can now access the network-stories 'Graph View' by clicking the icon below ![Access Graph View](https://github.com/status-im/network-stories/blob/master/pages/assets/Pasted%20image%2020220513182600.png) 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 ![Clone a Repository](https://github.com/status-im/network-stories/blob/master/pages/assets/Pasted%20image%2020220513175923.png) 3. Click on the URL tab and paste the network-stories repository: https://github.com/status-im/network-stories 4. Copy your 'Local Path' (circled below) and press 'Clone' ![Copy Local Path and Clone](https://github.com/status-im/network-stories/blob/master/pages/assets/Pasted%20image%2020220513180840.png) 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 paste the 'Local Path' from above and click 'Open' again to open the directory as an Obsidian Vault ![Paste and Open Vault](https://github.com/status-im/network-stories/blob/master/pages/assets/Pasted%20image%2020220513181031.png) 6. Congratulations you did it! You can now access the network-stories 'Graph View' by clicking the icon below ![Access Graph View](https://github.com/status-im/network-stories/blob/master/pages/assets/Pasted%20image%2020220513182600.png) Now hop to [[Logos Program]] to begin!