Sign in: You do not need to sign in to view public dreams and fragments or to read and add interpretations to dreams. However, if you wish to add your own dreams, you must create a user and sign in. Then you will be able to add dreams, edit them, and access your private dreams.

Add Dream: Enter your dream's title in the Dream Title box. Enter the text of your dream in the Dream box. If you wish to include HTML tags in your dream (to specify font, for example) you can simply type them in. The default font is Arial and the default alignment is left. Your dream can include images and footnotes, and all dreams can be made public or private. You can also specify the color of the text of your dream and its background color.

Adding images to your dream: Sleeptrip.com allows you to add images to your dream text. To add an image, select the "add image" option on the add dream or edit dream page. Type in the location of your image or choose "browse" and select the correct file from your computer. Once you have added an image, it is stored in your files so that if you want to make a different link to it you don't have to upload it again. The image name is used to identify the image in your files. Once the image has been added, linking tags will appear in your dream text to identify it.

Local Image: An image can be added as a link that opens in a new window. If you specify that this is a Local Image, the link will exist only for this place in this specific dream. *See note on adding images and footnotes to a dream.*

Place the image directly in the dream (linking text is ignored): The image is added directly to the dream text. Position the cursor where you want the image to appear. *See note on adding images and footnotes to a dream.*

Global Image: A Global Image automatically creates a link to the image anytime the linking text is used in your dream. So, for example, if you specified that "dog" was a global image, anytime in the future that you wrote "dog", it would link to this image automatically. Look at these two example dreams: dog1 and dog2. "dog" is a global image link to the picture of the dog, but "bone" is only a local image link in the dream titled "dog2". Thus, the word "dog" always links to the picture of the dog, but the word "bone" only links to the picture of the bone in that one instance in the dream called "Dog2". *See note on adding images and footnotes to a dream.*

Deleting an Image: If you want to delete a single local image link from a dream, or delete an image that is included in the dream text, go to the Dream Index and select the "edit" option for the dream. Then simply delete the image's linking tags from the dream text. To completely delete an image from your files, so that there it will no longer be saved in your directory and there will no longer be links to it, open the Add Image window and select the image from your list of images. Then click "delete image". If you wish to delete a global image link, click on the "edit global images" button in the Add Image window. Once you delete a global image link, the linking text (e.g., "mom") will no longer link to the image, but the image will remain in your files for future use. *See note on adding images and footnotes to a dream.*

Add Footnote: Most dreams are filled with intensely personal references. Footnotes help the reader understand exactly whom and what you are talking about. A Global Footnote creates a link from all instances of the specified text, while a Local Footnote creates a link only from this one instance. See Example. As with images, tags identifying the footnote will appear once you have added it. The footnote name is used to identify the footnote in your files so that you can edit or delete it in the future. For global footnotes, the footnote name is automatically set to be the same as the linking text. To edit your footnotes, click on the "footnote index" link at the bottom of the page. *See note on adding images and footnotes to a dream.*

Adding Images and/or Footnotes to your Dream: When you add an image or footnote to your dream, Sleeptrip will automatically insert the correct linking text at the end of your dream text. Now, this is fine if you are inserting your images and footnotes as you go along. However, if you have already typed your dream text, or if you are going back to edit a dream, you will have to cut and paste this linking text to the appropriate place in your dream text. For example, let's say I wanted to go back and add a footnote to "He smiles" in the following dream: dog1. The linking text would be inserted at the end of the dream text. See example. So to create the correct link, I would have to select the linking text, "He smiles" and cut and paste it to the correct location. The final dream text would look like this: new dog1.

Editing Footnotes: To edit the footnotes for a specific dream, open up the "Edit dream" window for that particular dream, then go to the "footnote index". A list of the footnotes for that dream will appear. If you want to edit your global footnotes, follow the "Edit global footnotes" link from the "footnote index" page, or the "Edit global footnotes and images" link from your Dream Index page.

Deleting a Footnote: To delete a footnote for a specific dream, open up the Edit Dream window for that particular dream, then go to the "footnote index". Select the footnote and choose "delete". To delete a global footnote, follow the "Edit global footnotes" link from the "footnote index" page, or the "Edit global footnotes and images" link from your Dream Index page.

Dream Colors: You can choose the background color and the text color for each of your dreams. Click on a color to select it. When your colors have been successfully changed you will get a message saying that "your dream colors have been successfully set", but no tags will appear in your dream text.
In order to preview your dream, save it, then follow the link to view it.

Public/Private Dreams: Each dream can be made either public or private. If a dream is private, only you will be able to read it. After all, some dreams are very personal. It will only appear on your list of dreams under your login name and password. Click on the lock icon to change the dream from public to private or vice versa.

Dreamt on: The date on which you dreamt the dream.

Categories: Select the category or categories that describe your dream.

Save Dream: You can save your dream at any point. If you want to preview your dream, save it and then view it. As long as you are logged in, you can always go back into a dream to edit it.

Footnote index: The footnote index allows you to view and edit your footnotes for the dream you are currently editing, as well as linking to your global footnotes. See Editing Footnotes and Deleting Footnotes.

Dream Index: This link takes you to a list of all your dreams and fragments, and gives you the option of viewing, editing, or deleting each of your dreams. To view a dream, click on its name. You can also get to this page at anytime by clicking on your user name.
Note: If you are not logged in, your user name will link to a list of only public dreams. You will not see your private dreams or have the option of editing or deleting.

Editing your Dreams: To edit a dream, sign in and go to your dream index page. Select the "edit" option for the dream you want to edit. The Edit Dream page will open. When you are done changing your dream, save it.

Deleting a Dream: To delete a dream, sign in and go to your dream index page. Select the "edit" option for the dream you want to delete. The Edit Dream page will open. The "delete dream" button is directly below the sign out button. Click on it to delete your dream.

View dreams: You can search for dreams by text, dreamer, date or category. You can also view dream fragments, or view the most recently updated dreams.

Display Dream: When you are viewing a dream you have several options.
To read interpretations of the dream, click on the question mark. See Example. To add your own interpretation, click on the plus sign. The previous and next buttons will take you to the previous and next dreams dreamt by the dream's author. Clicking on the author's name will give you a list of all their dreams and a link to their fragments, and clicking on the date will give you a list of all dreams from that date. If you are logged in and viewing on of your own dreams, you will also be given the option to edit your dream.

Adding Interpretations: Type your interpretation into the text box and enter your name in the name box. Click on the arrow to add your new interpretation.

Adding Fragments: Sometimes you wake up and you can't remember any dreams exactly, only bits and pieces, or perhaps only one clear moment. You can save these moments on your fragment page. See Example. Fragments are all shown on the same page. You can choose the background and text colors of your fragment page, and determine whether each fragment is public or private. Fragments do not have footnotes or image links.

Editing or Deleting your Fragments: To edit a fragment sign in and open your dream index page. (You can get to the dream index page by clicking on the link at the bottom of the Add Dream page, or by clicking on your user name.) Click on the link to "Fragments". All your fragments will be displayed, along with the option to edit or delete each of them.

Linking to Your Dreams: If you would like to link to a dream or your dream index from outside sleeptrip, click on the "link" linkon the toolbar. You will find a button that you can use to link to the site, and HTML code to l ink to specific pages. If you are logged in, there will be links to your dream index and your most recent dream (which will keep up do date as you add new dreams). If you click on the "link" link when viewing a dream, you will also find a link to that dream. To use the links, simply copy the HTML tags and paste them on a page on your website. Remember that only public dreams and fragments are accessible to anyone other than you.

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