Branch Press · docs
How this works
Branch Press is a place to write and a place to publish, with the links between your notes drawing a map of what you think. These guides say how, in the order you are likely to need them. Everything they describe is in the site as it stands — nothing here is a plan.
01
Using Branchspace
The workspace where you write: its three panes, how a note is filed, the links that draw the graph, templates, and what happens when you publish.
02
Publishing, and being read
How a private note becomes a public page, what a reader finds there, your profile, following, and how another writer can branch from your essay.
03
The graph
What the dots, lines, colours and sizes mean, the graphs you will meet on the site, and how to narrow one down to what you are thinking about.
04
Templates
Starting a note from a shape you already like: the gallery, the Branch Press library, making your own, and the fill-ins that date a note for you.
05
Reading, and marking what you read
Reading mode and its preferences, highlights and margin notes, translating a passage, and what you can do at the end of an essay: save it, rate it, share it, talk about it.
06
Your account and settings
Your profile and how to edit it, then Settings section by section: appearance, the AI writing assistant, reading, security, and leaving.
07
Boards and the album
Two quieter parts of a profile: boards, short pieces in a chalk hand, and the album, photographs with a line under each.
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