How to edit your draft before publishing

The AI got you 90% of the way there. Here’s how to make the last 10% sound exactly like you, and how to set up the fields that help your article perform on Google and look professional when shared.

Where the editor lives

From your section listing page, click the Edit button on any draft card. Published articles open the same editor — click Edit, make your changes, then click Update when done.

The top bar — what each part does

• Back arrow — returns to the listing. Auto-saves your work first, so you won’t lose anything.
• Article title — click to edit. This is the H1 heading visible at the top of the published article. It’s separate from the meta title (the heading that shows in Google search results), although the meta title gets pre-populated from this when you first generate.
• Status pill — shows Draft, Published, Publishing…, etc. so you always know where the article stands.
• ”✓ Saved” indicator — your safety net. The article auto-saves every 30 seconds and whenever you navigate away. If you see “Unsaved” for more than a few seconds, click the manual save button next to it.

Editing the article body

Click directly into any block of text to edit it. The cursor appears and you can type normally — just like a Google Doc.

Pasting from elsewhere is safe. Pasted text is automatically stripped of formatting, so messy fonts, sizes, and colours from Word or Google Docs don’t come through. Just the plain words.

To add a new block, hover between two existing blocks and click the + (block inserter) icon that appears.

Block types — what each one is for

• Paragraph — regular body text. The most common block.
• Heading 2 (H2) — section headings. Good for breaking a long article into clear sections.
• Heading 3 (H3) — sub-headings within a section.
• Bulleted list — for items that don’t have a set sequence.
• Numbered list — for steps or ranked items.
• Image — add a photo mid-article. Opens the same image picker as the hero image.
• Blockquote — visually highlighted quote or standout statement.
• CTA block — a button that links visitors to your contact or services page. Good to add at the end if the AI didn’t include one, or to remove if the AI added one that doesn’t feel right.

The hero image

The hero image appears at the top of your article on the published page. Click the placeholder to open the image picker, which gives you three options:

1. Upload your own photo — recommended for Past Projects and Portfolio content.
2. Search a library of free stock images — great for Blog and Guides where a real photo isn’t relevant.
3. Generate an AI image based on your article title.

The hero image is also your social preview image. When someone shares your article on WhatsApp, Facebook, or LinkedIn, this image is what shows in the preview card. Choose something that looks professional and relevant — it’s often the first impression a potential customer gets.

The right-hand sidebar — SEO and metadata

These fields don’t appear in the article body itself, but they have a big impact on how your article performs in Google and looks when shared.

URL slug

The part of the web address after your section slug. Example: kitchen-extension-hackney in yoursite.com/blog/kitchen-extension-hackney.

• Keep it short and descriptive
• Use hyphens, not spaces
• Lowercase only

⚠️ If the article is already published, changing the slug breaks the old URL. The previous address returns a 404, and any Google rankings or shared links pointing to it are lost. Only change the slug before the first publish.

Meta title

The text that appears as the clickable headline in Google search results. Auto-populated from your article title, but you can edit it independently.

• Aim for 55–60 characters
• Include the main topic
• Where relevant, include the location or a key phrase someone might search

Good example: “Bathroom renovation in Hackney — RB Plumbing” Less effective: “Bathroom renovation”

Meta description

The short snippet below the title in search results. Aim for 150–160 characters. Write it to make someone want to click — not just to summarise the content.

Good example: “We converted a dated 1980s bathroom into a modern wetroom in this Hackney Victorian terrace. See the before and after, and get a quote.”

Tags

Free-form labels for your own organisation (e.g. “boilers”, “Manchester”, “emergency”). These are internal only — they don’t appear on the published page and don’t affect SEO. Use them however helps you stay organised.

Sources

Paste URLs here if you want to credit any external sources. They render at the bottom of the published article under a “Sources” heading as clickable links. Good for credibility and SEO — Google appreciates pages that cite their sources.

If you provided source links during generation, they’re already populated here.

Live URL preview

The sidebar shows the full live URL so you can confirm the exact address before the article goes live. If you’ve changed the slug, this updates in real time.

When you’re happy → click Publish

If it’s a draft, click Publish. If it’s already published, click Update. See Publishing your articles for what happens next.

Things to know

• The article title (H1) and the meta title (Google search heading) are separate fields. By default they’re identical, but you should often edit the meta title independently to make it more search-friendly. The meta title is what appears in Google results; the H1 is what visitors see when they’re already on the page.
• If you change the slug on a live article, the old URL breaks immediately. Google will have indexed the old one. Avoid changing slugs post-publish unless you have a strong reason — and if you do, expect a temporary dip in search visibility.
• Auto-save runs in the background. You don’t need to remember to click Save. But if you ever see “Unsaved” persist for more than a few seconds (e.g. on a flaky internet connection), click the manual Save button to be safe.

What’s next

Ready to go live? See Publishing your articles: what happens and how to control it.