User Guide
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Guidance for navigating Unburden as a reader, writer, editor, or manager.
Getting Started
The first ideas to understand before using Unburden.
- Welcome to Unburden
A calm introduction to the platform and what it is built to protect.
- Platform Philosophy
Why Unburden uses a slower, editorial, clarity-first workflow.
- Understanding Roles
What Writers, Editors, Managers, and Readers do inside Unburden.
- Navigating the Dashboard
How role-based dashboards are organized.
- Email Delivery & In-App Notifications
How email preferences and dashboard notifications work together.
- Contributor Feedback
How contributor-experience prompts are shown, dismissed, submitted, and reviewed.
Writer's Guide
How writers draft, submit, revise, and follow article movement.
- Writer Dashboard
What writers see after logging in.
- Writing an Article
How to create article content in the contributor dashboard.
- Saving Drafts
How drafts help writers prepare work before review.
- Submitting for Review
What happens when a writer sends an article into the editorial workflow.
- Article Statuses
What each article status means for writers.
- Delayed Revisions & Reactivation
What happens when a returned article waits too long.
- Notifications
How writers are informed about article movement.
- Profile & Settings
What writers can update in settings.
- Best Practices
Simple practices for writing inside Unburden.
- Writer FAQ
Common writer questions.
- Published Article Revisions
How to update an article that is already live without confusing it with a returned submission.
Reader Experience
How readers move through the library, pathways, and reflections.
- Reading Articles
How readers move through published writing.
- Pathways
How pathways help readers choose where to begin.
- Reader Reflections
How readers share private reflections after reading.
- Reader Feedback
How readers share experience feedback after meaningful reading.
- Clarity Sessions
How Clarity Sessions connect to the wider Unburden experience.
Policies & Guidelines
Shared expectations for contributors, editors, readers, and the platform.
- Contributor Terms
Where contributor participation expectations live.
Troubleshooting & Support
Simple help for common access, email, and notification issues.
- Common Issues
A calm first check when something in the platform does not behave as expected.
- Login Problems
What to check when you cannot sign in.
- Password Reset
How to create a new password when login credentials stop working.
- Email Verification
How email verification affects access.
- Missing Notifications
What to check when expected notifications do not appear.