A Source is apologetics content that can be listed in the Apologist ecosystem. They may be advertised on Apologist Social or Apologist Agent to help you gain exposure for your apologetics resources. There are 5 types of Sources:
- Articles & Papers
- Books
- Media Files
- Podcast Episodes
- Web Pages
- YouTube Videos
Add a Source #
Click on one of the Source types on the left nav under “Apologetics Materials”. You will see a table of existing Sources of that type. Above the table at the top right of the screen, there will be a button that says “Add [source type]”. Click on that button to add a new Source.
The form is arranged in tabs that make it easier to navigate. The “Summary” tab is the basic information about Source. The particular fields that appear depend on the Source type, but all Sources have a Name, Collections, and a Date or Year.
The “Listing” tab contains field that pertain to how the Source is displayed on Apologist Social and (optionally) Apologist Agent. The Slug field will automatically populate with a URL friendly version of your Source’s name and will be used in the URL to your listing on Apologist Social. You can add any URL you’d like in the Learn More URL field, and users will be sent to that URL when they click on the “Learn More” button on the listing. The URL can be a place on your site where the user can purchase the full version of the content, for example. Be sure to add a good quality Image and a compelling Description to get more interest from users. Be sure to toggle “Show Listing on Apologist Agent” to the on position once you feel the listing is ready.
Categories are a global taxonomical system to identify the topic(s) addressed by your content. You may add up to 3 categories for each Source. The categories you choose for your Sources will roll up to become the categories for any Collections the Source is part of, as well as the categories associated with the Contributors that were involved in creating the Sources.
If you would like to submit your Source’s content to be available to Apologist Agent’s corpus to be used in its responses, you’ll need to fill out the “Agent” tab. First, you’ll need to accept the Terms of Use. You must have permission and/or the legal right to offer the full text of the Source to be indexed by Apologist Agent. You must also upload a version of the Source that can be converted to plain text by our system.
Remember, new Sources must be approved by a member of our staff. Don’t forget to click on the “Submit for Review” button once you’re happy with the Source information.
Edit a Source #
Click on a row of the Source type table to Edit a Source. You may edit any of the Source’s details on this screen. However, note that as per the approval process for Sources, the Source “Summary” tab can no longer be edited once the Source is submitted for approval, or after it is finally approved. You will need to contact us if any basic information about the Source changes.
Locked Sources #
Certain Sources may be locked by our staff based on agreements made between both parties. This is to ensure that Sources do not change for the duration of the agreement. The lock icon in the upper right of the Edit screen shows the current locked status. If you believe your Source has been locked in error, please reach out to us to resolve the matter.
Archive / Restore a Source #
Sources may be archived by clicking on the “Archive” button on the bottom right of the Edit form. Once a Source is archived, it will no longer be seen by users outside your Team. An archived Source may be restored by clicking on the “Restore” button on the bottom right of the Edit form.
Managing Contributions #
Sources relate to Contributors through a Contribution, each of which is assigned a role. On the “Source Contributions” tab below the main Contributor Edit form, there is a table of Contributions that Contributors have made to the Source. You may add more Contributions, edit existing Contributions, and archive / restore existing Contributions.
A Contributor and role must be specified for each Contribution. There is no limit to how many Contributions a Source has. The “Author” role is treated as the primary Contribution, whereas all others are represented as secondary.
