Visual Space manual, Articles, Create And Publish An Article
This walkthrough takes an article from a new private draft to a published article and its linked feed post. Use it when you want to choose the right destination, protect unfinished work, and check the result readers will see.
This walkthrough takes an article from a new private draft to a published article and its linked feed post. Use it when you want to choose the right destination, protect unfinished work, and check the result readers will see.
Check the Destination Before You Start
An article belongs to the space or activity where you create it. That destination determines where its post appears and which access rules continue to apply after publication.
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Sign in and choose a joined destination - You need to belong to the space where the article will live. If you are writing in an activity, make sure it is active; archived activities do not accept new posts.
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Confirm that you can create posts - Your role needs permission to create posts in the destination. Joining a space and having publishing permission are separate requirements.
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Check the audience - An article published in a protected area stays protected. Publishing makes it available through that area's normal article and feed surfaces; it does not open the area to people who lack access.
If a destination asks you to join or says you cannot create posts, resolve that access first or choose another space where your role has the required permission.
Choose the joined space that should own the article before its private draft opens.
Open a New Private Draft
You can begin from the main feed or from the place that should own the article. The editor opens a saved private draft immediately, so you are working on the same item that will eventually be published.
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Start from the main feed - Select Publish a post or article. In Choose your space, leave Article selected and choose one of your joined spaces. Visual Space checks your post-creation permission before opening the editor.
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Start from a space or activity - Open its Posts feed and select Publish a post or article. The draft opens directly in that location when you are signed in, joined, and allowed to create posts.
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Confirm the context - Check the owning space or activity shown on the article page before writing. If it is wrong, leave the draft and start again from the intended destination rather than publishing into the wrong feed.
The empty article is not visible in the ordinary published feed. You can pause and return to it without making unfinished content available to readers.
Create the Feed Introduction
The title and summary are the complete feed-facing introduction. Give each one a distinct job: the title identifies the subject, while the summary helps people understand the point or decide to open the article.
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Enter the title - Use the Enter Title field for a clear, specific label. The current limit is 300 characters, and a title is required for publication.
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Choose one summary - Select Text, Image, Link, or Poll, then complete the visible summary. Only the currently selected type will be published, even if you tried another type earlier in the editing session.
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Keep the summary feed-friendly - Text and captions currently allow up to 500 characters. An image summary needs uploaded media, a link summary needs a usable URL, and a poll needs authored option text rather than untouched placeholders.
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Review the visible choice - Make sure the selected summary can introduce the article without relying on the body. For help comparing the formats, see Choose an Article Summary.
The summary appears both in the feed post and at the top of the article page. It is not an automatically clipped opening paragraph, so write it as a deliberate introduction.
The highlighted summary type is the one readers will encounter in the feed.
Add a Body When the Subject Needs Depth
A valid title and summary can be published without a long-form body. Add one when readers need the reasoning, instructions, examples, or supporting media behind the feed introduction.
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Expand the draft - Select Expand To Article to add the body editor.
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Build the reading flow - Organize the explanation with useful headings, paragraphs, lists, links, tables, and body images. Keep the summary concise rather than repeating the complete body there.
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Stay within the body limit - The current body limit is 30,000 characters. Review complex pasted content and uploaded media before publication so the finished article reads as intended.
Title, summary, and body changes save independently. Watch the indicator attached to the field you changed, especially before leaving the page or publishing.
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Notice pending work - Animated dots mean the latest change is still saving. Keep the page open while this state is visible.
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Look for confirmation - A check means that field's latest change was saved. It clears after a short time, so you do not need to dismiss it.
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Recover a failed field - If the failure control remains visible, select Retry saving. Your latest edit stays on the page while you retry, but publication will not proceed while an autosave is failed.
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Pause at a safe checkpoint - Before leaving a substantial draft, wait for pending indicators to finish and resolve every failed save. This protects the version you expect to reopen.
If you leave before publishing, return to the destination's Posts feed. When drafts exist, open Draft Articles & Posts, then select the draft card to continue on the article page. Drafts remain outside the ordinary published and profile feeds.
Publish and Resolve Validation
The Publish action stays available while a draft is incomplete. Visual Space waits until you try to publish before showing missing-content validation, which keeps the draft page calm while you are still composing.
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Attempt publication - Select Publish when the title, selected summary, and optional body are ready. Pending saves are completed before the draft can change visibility.
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Read the first validation message - If publication stops, look near the publication controls and at any highlighted field. The editor may require a title, usable selected summary, or content within the applicable character limit.
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Complete type-specific content - Add media for an Image summary, correct the URL for a Link summary, or replace Poll placeholders with authored choices when the selected format is incomplete.
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Clear save failures - Use Retry saving on any affected field and wait for confirmation. A locally visible change with a failed save is not treated as publishable content.
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Publish again - After correcting the visible issue, select Publish once more. You do not need to add keywords or a second short label.
If publication itself fails, the article remains a draft. Return through Draft Articles & Posts, confirm the saved fields, and try again when the connection is available.
Verify the Article and Its Feed Post
Successful publication releases one article in two connected views: the feed post presents the title and selected summary, while the article page continues into the body when one exists.
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Find the published card - In the destination's ordinary Posts feed, confirm that the card shows the expected title, summary, author, and owning context. It should no longer appear in Draft Articles & Posts.
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Open the post - Select the card or title to open the full article. Confirm that the same summary appears first and that any body content follows it in the intended order.
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Check protected access expectations - If the destination is protected, verify from the owning context that eligible members can reach the article. Do not expect publication to make it visible outside that area's access boundary.
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Correct the connected item if needed - Edit the article's title or summary when the feed introduction needs adjustment. The linked feed post follows those changes; you do not create a separate replacement post.
Publishing carries the chosen title and summary into the destination feed.
Continue From Here
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Articles explains how the article page and feed post fit together.
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Authoring and Publishing covers drafts, summaries, bodies, validation, and publication safeguards in more depth.
