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banthonisz
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October 22, 2020
Closed (Duplicate)

Pre-Generate Links in Draft Mode

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  • October 22, 2020
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Hey all,

I use Insided to publish release notes that will link out to documentation also hosted on the platform. I will use the Insided articles inside of email campaigns and in-product messaging. There’s not currently a smooth way to grab the link. Here’s the workflow:

  • Create a draft article
  • Check it out in preview, send that around internally (great feature!)
  • Publish the article, grab the link
  • “Trash” the article (this should be changed to “Archive” or “Unpublish” as it’s not truly deleted - scares people!)
  • Remember to re-publish it on the relevant date, as you cannot schedule an “untrash”

If we could grab the URL ahead of time, then we could schedule the article publication and we would be off to the races.

P.S - When in an article preview, clicking “Control” takes you to the general Control environment, not to the specific draft you are working on. Would be fab if we could get back to the editor of that draft.

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daniel.boon
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November 3, 2020

Thanks for sharing this idea @banthonisz !

If you need it desperately, I can suggest one workaround: you can use the article draft preview link in the email (with sharing set to anyone with the link can view). This will redirect to the community topic, once the topic is published. Good idea on the Control button taking you to the draft you’re working on - noted!

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daniel.boon
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November 3, 2020
Updated idea status New → Open
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daniel.boon
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November 17, 2020

P.S - When in an article preview, clicking “Control” takes you to the general Control environment, not to the specific draft you are working on. Would be fab if we could get back to the editor of that draft.

@banthonisz Quick note: we’ve improved this so that when clicking Control on a draft preview, you are taken back to the Control page to edit the draft :).

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Kgastaldo
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January 21, 2022

I just came to ask if this was available. I’ll use the workaround from Daniel, but it would be nice if we could get the published article link while the article is in draft mode. 

Maayan K
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August 24, 2022

same desire different usage: If we want to send out and email blast directing to an activity in the community the email is usually scheduled at least a day ahead and then what we have to do now is post the article early and direct people to a post that looks like it’s old and not interesting :/ 

In the sweet spot between Tech & Biz I ride
Helper ⭐️⭐️⭐️
October 9, 2024

Reviving this thread - we’ve got a similar use case to Mayaan and would really like to see this implemented!

Larry
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March 20, 2026
Open→Discovery
Larry Imgrund || Senior Product Manager & Community Nerd
Larry
Helper ⭐️⭐️
March 20, 2026

I saw this thread last week and wanted to link it here as I had responded: 

We're moving this into discovery as part of broader content workflow improvements, which includes scheduling and publish state management across content types. We'll keep this thread updated as we learn more.

Larry Imgrund || Senior Product Manager & Community Nerd
Larry
Helper ⭐️⭐️
March 20, 2026
Idea merged into:

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Larry Imgrund || Senior Product Manager & Community Nerd
Larry
Helper ⭐️⭐️
March 20, 2026
Discovery→Closed (Duplicate)
Larry Imgrund || Senior Product Manager & Community Nerd