Managing your articles: drafts, publishing, and keeping things organised

Once you’ve got more than a couple of articles, here’s how to find what you’re looking for, understand what each card is showing you, and keep things tidy.

The listing page — your article dashboard

The listing page shows all articles in your section — drafts and published alike. They’re ordered by creation date, newest first. This order doesn’t change when you publish or update an article.

What each card tells you

Status badge (top-left) — quick visual indicator of where the article is. See the full reference below.
Hero image — or a grey placeholder if none is set yet.
Article title — the H1 that appears on the published page.
Slug — shown as the URL path. On published articles, clicking the slug opens the live page in a new tab.
Edit button — opens the draft editor.
Publish / Update button — publishes a draft, or updates a live article.

Article counts in the section header

You’ll see something like “5 published · 3 drafts” in the header. This gives you an at-a-glance view of your library status without opening individual articles.

Quick-reference status table

Badge	What it means	What to do
Writing… (pulsing pink)	AI is generating your article	Wait — you can navigate away safely, generation continues in the background
Generation failed (red)	Something went wrong during generation	Click Retry on the card
Draft (grey)	Ready to review and publish	Click Edit, then Publish when happy
Publishing… (pulsing pink)	Article is being built and uploaded	Wait ~30 seconds
Published (green)	Live on your site	Click the slug to view it, or Edit to make changes
Publish failed (red)	Build or upload failed	Click Retry
Upgrade needed 🔒 (amber)	Hit the free plan publish limit	Upgrade your plan, or delete a different published article to free a slot

Editing any article

Click Edit on the card. Works the same whether it’s a draft or published. For published articles, your changes don’t go live until you click Update.

Deleting an article

Open the article in the editor and use the delete option in the sidebar. You’ll be asked to confirm.

⚠️ Deletion is permanent and cannot be undone. It does, however, free up a publish slot on the free plan — unlike unpublishing, which doesn’t.

If you want to keep the draft but hide it from visitors, unpublish instead of delete. Just remember: unpublishing on the free plan doesn’t give you back a publish slot.

What visitors see on your public listing page

The public listing page (e.g. yoursite.com/blog) shows all your published articles in the same order — newest created first.
Before any articles are published, the page returns a 404 if someone navigates to it directly. The nav link still appears in your site immediately after setup, so you may want to publish your first article before telling people about your site.
The listing page has a title and subtitle — both AI-generated during setup (e.g. “Our Blog” / “Tips and news from the team at Smith Plumbing”). You can edit them via Settings → Listing page title / subtitle.

Section-level settings

The Settings button in the section header (or the gear icon) opens a quick-settings modal with:

Topic — the broad focus of the section. Affects AI topic suggestions.
Listing title and subtitle — what visitors see as the heading on your public /blog page.
Writing style — tone, language, CTA toggle, citations toggle. Changes here apply to all future AI-generated articles, not already-published ones.
URL slug — change with caution if you have live articles (see Choosing the right content type for why).

For options not shown in the quick modal, click Advanced settings to access the full setup wizard.

Multiple sections (Premium)

If you have more than one section, each has its own listing page, its own settings, and its own writing style. They appear as separate items in your site nav and in the dashboard.

You might run a Blog and a Past Projects section side by side — for example, a builder showing project case studies in one section and writing general advice articles in another. Each can have its own tone and writing style.

Keeping things tidy — practical tips

Generate drafts ahead of time and publish them spaced out over weeks. Google responds better to regular publishing than bursts.
Use the status badge to identify articles that need attention — failed states, drafts sitting unpublished for weeks.
Articles you no longer want to show can be unpublished to hide them from visitors while keeping the draft in your dashboard. (Remember: free plan slots aren’t released on unpublish.)
If your library gets large, use Tags in the SEO sidebar (see How to edit your draft) to organise drafts by theme or campaign — they’re internal only and don’t affect your published site.

What’s next

Running out of ideas for what to write next? See Using AI topic suggestions to never run out of ideas.