Create Medium account
Sign up, sign in, create and publish story
Medium, which is chaotically, arrhythmically produced by a combination of top-notch editors, paid writers, PR flacks, startup bros, and hacks, is a place to read articles on the internet (Madrigal, 2013). It is an open writing platform where bloggers can write, publish, and promote their stories to a vast audience of millions both on and off medium (Kuegler, 2021). At least there are five steps to create Medium account (Hanna, 2023). Here steps to create the account with screenshots are presented, and also how to post your first story.
Sign up
Go to https://medium.com/
Click Get started button on the top right of the page.
Join Medium by choosing first option Sign up with Google. It is assumed that you have already signed in with you Google account. If you do not have any account yet, you can create one.
Choose which Google account to use for Medium.
Wait for the signup process.
Fill the information and click Create account button.
Choose at least three things what you are interested in.
Click Continue button.
Now you are in.
Try to sign out.
Sign in
Visit again https://medium.com/ and click Get started menu on the top right of the page.
This time click Sign in on the bottom of all options.
Choose first option Sign in with Google.
Wait for the sign in process.
You are again signed in on Medium
Create story
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To a create story click the Write menu on top.
Type the title, e.g. Hello World!
Type subtitle if necessary, e.g. It is the first post.
Select it and make it as subtitle by clicking once small T icon.
Press enter to write a paragraph.
Type something on the right of (+) symbol.
Today I start to write on Medium and hopefully to be consistent.
It is saved as draft. Notice the Saved message. You must be always connected to internet to use auto save feature.
Publish story
Edit a story before publish it.
Click the green Publish button on the top of the page.
Scroll down.
Add topics, up to five. Write first some words, and choose among suggested topics.
Choose the most but related topic.
Add another one and click Publish now button.
Wait for the publishing process.
Share if you think it is necessary. Otherwise close it by clicking × button.
Now the first story is available at https://medium.com/@rrkurnova/hello-world-82bf7735ffd7.
View user profile
List of posts written by Medium user can be found on user profile page, e.g. https://medium.com/@rrkurnova.
You can edit user profile by clicking Edit profile link and also change the profile picture. To change username and subdomain visit https://medium.com/me/settings.
