Building Bases : Help

Build a Base!
A base is a new type of website that anyone can build using the free, open data in Freebase. It is a place to organize and share collections of information about a particular subject, like...
Adding Topics to a Base
After a base has been created, there are three ways to add topics: This method is intended to be used to add existing Freebase topics to your base. If you want to create new topics, you should use...
Creating Views for a Base
A view is a collection of topics that you have created based on certain criteria. For example, let's say you have a base about Los Angeles bands, and you want to create views based on musical genre,...
Inviting Others to Join a Base
One of the best parts about creating a base is sharing it with other people. When you invite others to become members of your base, they can also receive information about updates to your base,...
Creating Help Topics for Your Base
After you've created a base and others have begun contributing to it, you might want to create some Help topics that are specific to it. The Music and Publishing commons, for example, already have a...
Understanding User Groups and Roles
User groups are, as you might expect, groups of users in Freebase. Featured users and Metaweb staff are a couple of obvious examples of these. Typically, these user groups are attached to bases....
Converting a User Domain to a Base
If you've already created one or more user domains, you'll probably notice that, aside from looking a little different, they retain all the same features and functionality as bases. The one...