> ## Knowledge Base Index > Fetch the complete knowledge base index at: https://help.creatures.com/sitemap.xml > Use this file to discover available pages before exploring further. > Pure-Markdown content can be obtained by appending a '.md' suffix to the content URLs listed in the sitemap (without the trailing slash). # Writing your website story Your story tells visitors who you are and why you raise your animals. To write or change it, open the website builder and choose **Your story**, next to **Pages** and **Add page** on the **Sections** tab. Everything you write saves to your draft, the private copy of your website that only you see. Visitors see your story after you publish. ## Choose what your homepage shows At the top of the writer, **Home page shows** has two choices: - **Full story** puts your whole story on your homepage. - **Summary** shows a short **Home-page introduction** with a **Read full story** button. The full story stays on its own page. For a summary, write two or three sentences in **Home-page introduction**. The counter shows how much of the 1,000 characters you have used. ![Your story writer with Home page shows set to Summary and a filled Home-page introduction](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/a3c/11e/30d/56808.png?width=1720) If the note at the top says your story isn't on your homepage yet, choose **Add to homepage**. ## Write the full story Under **Full story**, type in the **Text** box. Use **Heading**, **Image**, **Gallery** and **Video** to add more. A video link from YouTube or Vimeo plays on your page. Other links show as a plain link. Not sure what to say? Most good stories answer a few questions: - Where is your farm, and how did you start? - What do you raise, and what do you breed for? - How can people visit, buy or get in touch? Below the story, **Add a heading (optional)** sets the title above it, such as "Our story." Keep it short (up to 180 characters). If you paste a whole paragraph there, choose **Move this into your story** to move it into the text. ## Decide who sees it and when **Story visibility** is **Public** or **Only you**. This change applies as soon as you save. Only a Public story appears on your website. **When you publish your website** controls the words themselves: - **Publish with website** puts your latest story live the next time you publish. - **Keep draft** leaves it off your website when you publish, so you can keep working. A story that is already live comes off your website and waits as a private draft. ![Story visibility set to Public and When you publish your website set to Publish with website, on a phone](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/d38/b03/0ff/5b672.png?width=764) ## Save and check Creatures saves your story a moment after you stop typing. **Save story** and **Close** save it too. When it's saved, you'll see **Saved in your draft**. ![Story heading field and the Saved in your draft panel with View in preview and Make a full About page](https://cdn-test.creatures.com/d54/2d9/486/462b9.png?width=1720) - **View in preview** shows your story on your homepage preview. - **Make a full About page** starts a separate About page with a copy of your story. Edits to one don't change the other. Once the page exists, the button reads **Open your About page**. To link your full story in your website menu, choose **Our story** as the link's destination on the **Menu** tab. ## If publishing stops **Summary** needs a **Home-page introduction** and a complete public story. That means some story text, **Story visibility** set to **Public** and **Publish with website** chosen. If something is missing, publishing stops and the writer opens with a note asking you to fix it. Add what's missing, or switch **Home page shows** to **Full story**. If your story is empty when you publish, Creatures publishes the rest of your website. Your story stays a private draft, off your homepage, until you add it. ### Related information - [Setting up your website from your goals](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/setting-up-your-website-from-your-goals-qa7h13/) - [Adding pages, posts, and menu links to your website](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/adding-pages-posts-and-menu-links-to-your-website-qutu0o/) - [Adding photos to your website](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/adding-photos-to-your-website-1492wyy/) - [Publishing, updating, and taking your website offline](https://help.creatures.com/en/article/adding-photos-then-publishing-and-updating-your-site-afky8n/)