Authoring
Publications
A Publication is the top-level container for a body of related content —
one blog, one magazine, one documentation site. You can have as many as you
like; each is a site.standard.publication record in your Bluesky account.
Creating a Publication
- Open Publications from the side menu.
- Click Add New Publication.
- Fill in the dialog. Only Title is required — everything else can be set or changed later from the Config tab.
| Field | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Title | The name of the Publication. |
| Domain | The domain the content will be served from, e.g. myblog.com. For a hosted SkyScribe Site this is filled in for you; for an SDK site it's the domain that site runs on. Leave it blank for now if you're not sure. |
| URL Prefix | Set this only if the content lives under a subpath, e.g. blog for myblog.com/blog/…. Leave empty if it's at the domain root. |
| Description | A short summary, used in feeds and link previews. |
| Splash Image URL / Logo Image URL | Optional images — a feature image and a header logo. |
| Show in Discover | Whether the Publication may appear in SkyScribe's public discovery listing. |
The new Publication appears in the side list. Selecting it opens its tabs.
The Publication tabs
Every Publication has four tabs:
Manage
The content workspace: your Categories and the Documents inside them.
- Draft New Document starts a new Document.
- Add New Category creates a new section.
- Drag Categories and Documents to reorder them, then click Save Order. If you try to leave with unsaved order changes, you're asked whether to stay, discard, or save first.
- Each Document row has View, Edit, Share, and Unpublish, plus a Visit on Site link in the overflow menu that opens its live URL.
Config
Publication settings, in fieldsets:
| Fieldset | Contains |
|---|---|
| Identity | Title, Domain, URL Prefix, Description |
| Images | Splash Image, Logo Image |
| Discovery | Show in Discover toggle |
| Notifications | Show "Notify subscribers?" prompt after publishing toggle — see Sharing & notifications |
| Danger Zone | Delete Publication |
Changes are saved with the tab's Save button; you're warned if you try to leave with unsaved changes.
Collaborators
Invite other people to submit Documents to this Publication — see Collaborators & Contributors.
Insights
Engagement and analytics for the Publication.
Deleting a Publication
In Config → Danger Zone, click Delete Publication. You're asked to type the Publication's URL to confirm.
Careful
Deleting a Publication removes the publication record. Any hosted SkyScribe Site bound to it stops working, and any SDK site pointed at it will no longer find it. Your Documents are separate records and are not deleted — but with no Publication referencing them, they are no longer published anywhere.
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Writing Documents covers the editor itself.