I first tried posting it to Drafts For Yvain to see what it would look like, and it showed up with karma 1 on the main site (but I could only see it when logged in). Although it looked good, I didn’t see any obvious way to change it from draft to official post.
So I deleted the draft, went back to the editor, and posted the article to Less Wrong. But it redirected me to a version of the article with [deleted] next to the title, and it doesn’t show up on the main site.
Also, I saved my draft, but don’t see any way to load the saved file. There’s nothing in the tab that says “saved” on the right of the top menu.
Think of ‘drafts for username’ as a private site where you can post articles—i.e. a ‘holding area’ - until you think they are ready to be viewed in Less Wrong.
An article can only exist in one ‘area’ at a time, either drafts or lesswrong.
If you delete an article, it will remain deleted regardless of which site you post it to. (I’m unsure if you can undelete an articles, but its status would remain deleted if you moved it).
Also, when you are logged in, you should be able to edit posts via their ‘edit’ link on the bottom right hand side of the article.
If you’ve ever used reddit, think of it as a private subreddit (as that’s what it is).
I am having some trouble posting an article.
I first tried posting it to Drafts For Yvain to see what it would look like, and it showed up with karma 1 on the main site (but I could only see it when logged in). Although it looked good, I didn’t see any obvious way to change it from draft to official post.
So I deleted the draft, went back to the editor, and posted the article to Less Wrong. But it redirected me to a version of the article with [deleted] next to the title, and it doesn’t show up on the main site.
Also, I saved my draft, but don’t see any way to load the saved file. There’s nothing in the tab that says “saved” on the right of the top menu.
I’ve since posted the article, but I’d still like an explanation of drafts and saving.
Think of ‘drafts for username’ as a private site where you can post articles—i.e. a ‘holding area’ - until you think they are ready to be viewed in Less Wrong.
An article can only exist in one ‘area’ at a time, either drafts or lesswrong.
If you delete an article, it will remain deleted regardless of which site you post it to. (I’m unsure if you can undelete an articles, but its status would remain deleted if you moved it).
Also, when you are logged in, you should be able to edit posts via their ‘edit’ link on the bottom right hand side of the article.
If you’ve ever used reddit, think of it as a private subreddit (as that’s what it is).