Guide
How to use the Journal.
The Journal is your public feed: notes and articles you choose to share. Follow it by URL or RSS — no reader account.
Two addresses
Local and cloud are not the same.
Most confusion starts here. Remember:
/blog
A preview on this device. Useful to check layout. Not the URL to share.
/u/your-username
Your public cloud journal. This is the address to send to a reader, colleague, or donor. The RSS feed is /u/your-username/feed.xml. On Pro+, the same journal can also be served on your own subdomain.
Walkthrough
Four steps to be read.
- 01
Sign in
Open the app and create an account (or sign in). Without an account you write locally; a shareable journal needs the cloud.
- 02
Pick a username
Settings → Account. That becomes your URL: ntilia.com/u/your-username.
- 03
Customize the Journal
Settings → Journal: turn it on, set the title, tagline, and About section. Style also lives under appearance. On Pro+, attach a subdomain (CNAME) there to serve the journal on your own address.
- 04
Publish publicly
In the editor, publish to the journal. Drafts and private posts stay off the public feed.
Visibility
Public, private, draft.
Only public posts appear on /u/…. Private stays yours; drafts are unpublished. You can republish an updated version whenever you need.
Follow
An RSS feed, not a network.
Every public journal exposes /u/username/feed.xml. A reader subscribes in Feedly, NetNewsWire, or Mail — new posts arrive with no likes, no push, no nTilia account. One item per article, in the journal’s language.
Profile
Make your feed recognizable.
Journal title, tagline, name, role, organization, or humanitarian context: these fields power the home page and the About button.
Ready to publish your first note?
Write in the editor, publish publicly, then open My journal in the sidebar.