How to add your own map!

• Creating a map for the first time

• Updating a map

• Using someone else's map as a start
  

"Update a Map" Screen

• Uploading a new map

• Using an old map version
  

Adding Colors/Countries to the Map

• Adding a country's color to the Map

• Adding Sea/Land color to the Map

• Removing an assigned color
  

Finishing Up

Start off by heading to your region. Then you will be able to see a Maps button that looks like the earth. Click it. Go to either Creating a map for the first time or Updating a map or Using someone else's map as a start in the documentation.

Creating a map for the first time:

NOT HERE YET

Go to "Update a Map" Screen in the documentation.

Updating a map

First, click on the map you would like to update.

At the bottom of the resulting screen, you should see a green link that says Update this Map. Click on it.

This will take you to the Update a Map screen where you will be able to change things.

Go to "Update a Map" Screen in the documentation.

Using someone else's map as a start

First, click on the map you would like to use as a start.

At the bottom of the resulting screen, you should see a green link that says Make your own Map Version. Click on it.

This will take you to the Update a Map screen where you will be able to change things.

Go to "Update a Map" Screen in the documentation.

Uploading a new map:

You will see a large empty box when you get to the Update a Map screen. If you go to the bottom of this, you will see a button that says Browse.... Click on it.

This will open up a file explorer program on your computer to let you choose which file you would like to use.

Select the file you would like to use (to my knowledge, it has to be a picture (i.e. png, jpeg, gif) (yes, I used nested parentheses)).

Right under where you saw the Browse... button, there is a button that says Update Map Version. Click on it.

You will be taken to a strikingly similar page. Scroll down to the bottom of this new page, and hit the button that says Update this map to this version

Go to Adding Countries to the Map in the documentation.

Using an old map version:

Scroll to the bottom of the Update a Map screen. Once there, you should see a list of all previous versions of the map. Click the radial button directly to the left of one of them.

At the bottom of the screen, you will see a button that says Select Map Version. Click on it.

You will be taken to a strikingly similar page. Scroll down to the bottom of this new page, and hit the button that says Update this map to this version

Your map is now finished!

This feature needs its own section, trust me.

When you arrive at the new screen, you are greeted by your new map.

Adding a country's color to the Map:

Click on one of the nations' color on your map. This will pull up a new box.

With the newly acquired box, type in the name of the nation corresponding to that color on the map (this will make all things of that same color this nation's territory!). The name is ONLY the name, not the fancy honorifics or such. For example, The Wholly Democratic States of Broken Edge, would be Broken Edge.

You will see a button in the box that says Save Color. Click on it.

You can now hover over the assigned color, and if you did this correctly, it will show the nation and its flag.

You have just assigned a color to a nation!

When you have assigned all nation colors and any sea/land colors, proceed to Finishing Up in the documentation.

Adding Sea/Land color to the Map:

Click on the sea or land color on your map. This will pull up a new box.

With the newly acquired box, click on either Sea Color or Land Color.

You will see a button in the box that says Save Color. Click on it.

You have just assigned a color to sea or land!

When you have assigned all nation colors and any sea/land colors, proceed to Finishing Up in the documentation.

Removing an assigned color:

Click on the assigned color you would like to remove. This will pull up a newer box.

Hover over the newly acquired box, and click the x button.

When you have assigned all nation colors and any sea/land colors, proceed to Finishing Up in the documentation.

When you are all done with editing the map and assigning colors, go to the bottom of the assigning colors page. You will see a button that says Update Map Version. Click on it.

This will take you to a familiar page.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page.

You will see a button at the bottom that says Update this map to this version. Click on it.

Wowie! You have made your own map! Only countries assigned colors on the map have the ability to endorse your map.