3 Simple Ways to
Share What You Make

With Instructables you can share what you make with the world — and tap into an ever-growing community of creative experts.

PhotosPhotos

Share one or more photos of a project, recipe, or whatever you've made, quickly and easily.

Step by StepStep-By-Step

Share your step-by-step photos with text instructions of what you made so others can do it too!

VideoVideo

Share your how-to video. You'll need your embed code from a video site such as YouTube.

How to Create a Guide

How to Create a Guide
Guides, once the province of the site's editors, are now free to be created by anyone. You can easily collect a group of similar projects, curate a list of projects you'd like to make, or keep track of your favorite projects in a linkable form with a guide. They're awesome, and here's the basics of how to make one:

Pick a topic
Click Submit
Make a Guide under "other ways to share"
Write an intro
Add a main image
Add a bunch of projects about your topic

Now, clearly the process is not quite so simple. Read on to look at pretty screenshots.
 
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Step 1Click links to make a guide

Click links to make a guide
Mouse over the "Create" tab in the top left corner of any page on Instructables to find this menu. This is the project creation page. Revel in its majesty and the appropriateness of its name.

Then direct your attention to the bottom left portion of the page where it says "Other ways to share."

Click "Guides"
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6 comments
Mar 12, 2012. 8:41 PMnerd12 says:
nice, the beginner's guide to creating guides.
Jan 26, 2012. 4:56 AMLynne Bruning says:
can anyone make a guide?
or do I have to activate a pro account?
Jan 17, 2012. 7:45 PMsokamiwohali says:
THX 4 POSTING THIS!!! I have been trying to figure out how to make a guide for a little while now. Can we use ANY 'Ible that is on this site to include in our guides, or does it have to be our own 'Ibles? Just curious...i would like to make a guide of some of my favorites that includes other's 'Ibles in it.
Jan 18, 2012. 1:34 PMsokamiwohali says:
OSM!!! THX!

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