Create Guides

Now that you've taken some awesome photos, it's time to create your guides on iFixit!

 

  • Click the “Create a Guide” button on your device page.

"Create a guide" button highlighted on device page

  • For guide type, choose “Replacement.” All your guides should be replacement guides for your device’s components, unless you’ve made arrangements in advance to do something different.

  • Don’t change the text in the “Device” field. This is filled in automatically and must exactly match the name used on your device page. If this text is altered, your new guide won’t show up on your device page.

  • Type the name of the component you’ll be replacing in this guide in the next field (Battery, Display, etc.).

  • Don’t change the guide title unless you notice a problem. This field is filled in automatically based on your earlier selections. It should only be changed if the auto-generated title doesn't convey what the guide is doing.

  • Leave the “Flags” section alone for now. At the bottom of the page, you may see some auto-generated "In Progress" or “Student In Progress” flags that mark your guide as being part of a student project. Don’t try to remove them! We’ll do more with flags in Unit 4.

  • Click “Save.” Congratulations! You’re ready to start your guide and will now be taken to the Edit page for the first step.

WHILE WORKING ON YOUR GUIDES

Don’t work on the same step at the same time as your teammates. It's okay for multiple team members to work on the same guide at the same time, as long as each team member works on different steps. If more than one team member tries to edit the same step at the same time, they may overwrite each other's work.

Don't worry about adding step titles. Even though your guide steps say "Add A Title," step titles are not enabled for this project. A concise, clearly written step usually does not require a step title—the titles quickly become redundant, making the document longer and therefore more of an effort to read. Step titles are best used to mark the beginning of a series of related steps. For instance, if you add a prerequisite guide, a step title is automatically added to denote the first steps in the prerequisite sequence.