Tutorial : manage your community on Metaweave.xyz
Tags: arweave, web3, tutorial, metaweave
Published: 2021-12-06 21:24:02

Metaweave.xyz is the digital square of the permaweb.
Users often ask us how to edit communities. In this tutorial we are going to show you how to create, claim a community and how to edit its banner and descritption.


#Summary#
1. [Community creation & claiming](#chapter-1)
2. [PST Locking](#chapter-2)
3. [Editing the community description](#chapter-3)
4. [Editing the community banner](#chapter-4)

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# 1. Community creation & claiming#

- Go on [metaweave.xyz](https://metaweave.xyz).
- Click on the search button or use the shortcut `alt-space` to open up the search bar.

> For the purpose of the tutorial, I decided to claim the community named `ArgoraTutorials`

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/coz0w40uubbfx1o4z0d8.png)

_Here is how the `ArgoraTutorials` community looked like before I claimed it._ 

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/d3avcqz6n2ivgmyq0r1u.png)

- Click on the `CLAIM COMMUNITY` button 

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/v1rsyd2j6s2tsotifkkk.png)

A message that indicates the community is being claimed will appear instead of the button.

> ℹ️ The tree green circles is an indicator that the transaction is being validated by the miners 


![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/20tkr0b1ft0wos1l6j7a.png)

**txid:** [`F6EF1NjmizVut2CcyP1g5pU_uGob42eUrRIlW8YFTsE`](https://viewblock.io/arweave/tx/F6EF1NjmizVut2CcyP1g5pU_uGob42eUrRIlW8YFTsE)

Once the transaction is validated by the network the community appears in the "Lastest claimed communities" on the right panel of the Metaweave’s interface:

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/gxkrgecy9dthxpkg3o5f.png)

> ℹ️ By default, a newly claimed community has no banner and description:

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/v59awe2py566pai2nawf.png)

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# 2. PST Locking#

To manage your [PSC](https://arwiki.wiki/#/en/profit-sharing-communities)s on Metaweave, you need to access [community.xyz](https://community.xyz/#F6EF1NjmizVut2CcyP1g5pU_uGob42eUrRIlW8YFTsE)

- To access your community, click on its name on the top of the community page.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xca79l1f70emajta0stt.png)

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/k303wcwuqfgvsxrf3j06.png)

The creation of the PSC also mints 1000 PSTs (Profit Sharing Tokens). Those tokens will give voting power to their owners. Token are named AGT-$CommunityName:

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/c106vjjn89lgkymen48h.png)

To be able to submit votes we first need to lock our community tokens.
Just click the vault button:

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/1l69mtwka0mbpn9pbzxr.png)

Then click on “Lock tokens”:

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/tcthc2jdwh89vkw0gtyx.png)
Select the number of PST you want to lock with the duration of the lock in block number:

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/yquwfxxx3z5uwjtydy74.png)

Clicking on the “Lock tokens” button makes the transaction. You are directly notified:

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ioqk3wikmdl2tgedg9jk.png)

Once it's done you should see notifications as these 

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/b8dcqqnvlslasclnguvy.png)
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/10crdpntjdlrumlxlfho.png)

**txid:** [ZG8O1fYwR-oOrBVcxw1pXucyQ4ZTz5SI-p6Ok3TGhjk]
(https://viewblock.io/arweave/tx/ZG8O1fYwR-oOrBVcxw1pXucyQ4ZTz5SI-p6Ok3TGhjk)

Activity tab now shows the 1000 locked PSTs:

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/k5emfyx4mb211rnnu0w5.png)



> ℹ️ Click the `Transfer tokens` button to distribute your communties' PSTs to arweave wallets and share the voting power.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ie988byxds91cavq0kx3.png)
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# 3. Editing the community descritption#
Every modification you can make on community uses a vote.
So to edit the community description we're going to create a new vote:

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/b4b40yt5l64irq4gwi9w.png)

1. After that Click ⚙️ Set
2. Select "Description" for the Key field
3. Type your community description in the "value" field
4. Once done click "Create vote"

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/8rinh03pv1v9iz889i8i.png)
 

Notification of the vote creation:

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/yin4u75fpkam7loj7hqn.png)
 

Notification that the vote transaction has been mined and validated by the network:
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/0uzrtdsmxeg4v86usg92.png)
 

**txid:** [SPeMwai9GmsKrzVDmtYzoPvh45szs8F6ga6Ii3KuAHk]
(https://viewblock.io/arweave/tx/SPeMwai9GmsKrzVDmtYzoPvh45szs8F6ga6Ii3KuAHk)

The vote is now available and every account with voting power can vote "yes" or "no" to this new description;
Here is the transaction related to my vote for the community description:
**txid:** [g3TOUmoseqDMeLfRg_r0gtWOf5SXv_5D92pZix2sw_o]
(https://viewblock.io/arweave/tx/g3TOUmoseqDMeLfRg_r0gtWOf5SXv_5D92pZix2sw_o)

 We can now see that 100% of voters voted Yes for the new description:
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ukq5e0gusmdqvgej04zo.png)
 
we just need to wait for approximately 7 hours (200 blocks) to be able to finalize the vote:
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/hk2zc7rrcmxc61v6tgt6.png)
 
Notification of the transaction related to the finalization of the vote:   
**txid:** [-WcHL6bUvKAqU7iywuoz2rNQn8Fs7wI-T05vPS0_zFg]
(https://viewblock.io/arweave/tx/-WcHL6bUvKAqU7iywuoz2rNQn8Fs7wI-T05vPS0_zFg)
Now that the vote is finalized the description appears just under the community banner:
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/csoev3ifs5qp423qd2n6.png)
 


 
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# 4. Editing the community banner#
**Metaweave recommends 600*300 pixels picture resolution for community banners.**
Firstable you need to upload the picture you want to use as a banner for your community on Arweave’s blockchain. 
To do so I personally choose to use [Ardrive](https://ardrive.io).
As for the description you need to create a new vote to edit the banner of the community page that will appear on Metaweave.
1. Click ⚙️ Set
2. Select “Community Logo” for the Key field
3. Type your picture TxID in the “value” field
4. Click “Create vote”

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/x1p4wr95rheq79bk8iax.png)
**txid:** [JwTWvCKNwmoZufzRqjkQeLjUTsPB02Wnvzgs0vMjuhY]
(https://viewblock.io/arweave/tx/JwTWvCKNwmoZufzRqjkQeLjUTsPB02Wnvzgs0vMjuhY)

You will just need to follow the voting steps you followed for the description 
1. Vote [Yes](https://viewblock.io/arweave/tx/CZA_JzpI3purlKrSh552-ye_jIktnY78-Wad00IFgv4)
2. Wait for 7 hours (200 blocks)
3. [Finalize](https://viewblock.io/arweave/tx/xDqP_F9lqkuX2dvgjcSojtnhN_IeD10JkfwQy5Nm-3Q) the vote 

The community page on [Metaweave](https://pvcsk5frxfyostm75nhyjneotxwpuldjy5ptdip24ut7w6lfgwha.arweave.net/fUUldLG5cOlNn-tPhLSOnez6LGnHXzGh-uUn-3llNY4/community/ArgoraTutorials):

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/htnpfqjm37sx5b9jn4vz.png)

Thank you for following this tutorial I can't wait to see how you'll use it.


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