Write and publish a blog article

Start an article

Open Dashboard → Blog, select New, and add a title. If you are signed out, Fetchply asks you to use your normal account and returns you to the publisher. If Blog is not available after sign-in, ask a Fetchply administrator or publication owner to grant you a blog role.

The title is the only required field. Select Save revision to create the article. After the first save, the dashboard address includes the article ID, so you can bookmark or share that dashboard link with another person who has publication access.

The article address is suggested from the title, but you can choose a shorter address before publishing.

Publication owners manage access under Resources → Publication access. Choose the smallest role the person needs, or select Remove when access is no longer required.

Start with the large title area, then add an optional summary, tags, and cover image. Write the article in the Markdown canvas. Use Edit and Preview in the formatting bar to switch between the source and the rendered article. The same bar can add headings, links, lists, callouts, frequently asked questions, takeaways, and images.

Use the formatting bar

The formatting bar always works where you are typing:

• Nothing selected. The formatting is inserted at the cursor with sample text already highlighted, so you can type straight over it. Blocks such as a code block, callout, FAQ, or divider open on their own line below the line you are on, never in the middle of a sentence.
• Text selected. The selection is converted. Select a few words for Bold, Italic, Inline code, or Link; select whole lines for Heading, Bulleted list, Numbered list, or Quote; select a passage for Code block, Callout, FAQ, or Takeaways and it is wrapped in that block.
• Selecting a link. If the selected text is already a web address, it becomes the link target and the wording is highlighted for you to replace. Otherwise the selected words become the wording and the address is highlighted.
• Applying the same action twice. Selecting formatted text and choosing the same action again removes it, so Bold on bold text makes it plain again and Bulleted list on a list turns it back into normal lines.
• Converting between blocks. Choosing a different line format replaces the current one, so a bulleted list becomes a numbered list or a heading in one step.
• Images. Choose the image button to upload a picture at the cursor. You can also paste or drag an image straight into the canvas.
• Named blocks. Callout, FAQ, Takeaways, and Steps are available as buttons, and you can also type / in the canvas to pick one from the list.

Numbered lists are renumbered from one, and any indentation you use is kept.

Select Advanced options when you need the article address, author, categories, series details, search settings, or AI access controls. These options stay out of the writing canvas until you open them.

Add optional details

The article body, summary, author, categories, tags, series, images, and SEO details are optional. Add the details that help your readers:

1. Write a short summary that helps readers decide whether the article answers their question.
2. Add an author by entering the author address listed under Resources → Authors.
3. Add up to three categories and twelve tags, separated by commas. New categories and tags are created for you the first time you use them.
4. When an article belongs to a sequence, choose its series and position.
5. Add a clear description for the featured image and every image in the article. Descriptions are never filled in for you. Describe the information the image gives a reader; do not repeat the file name.

Add an author

Open Resources → Authors, enter the person's name, and select Save author. You can set a shorter address and a short bio. Fetchply then shows the address to copy into the Authors field of an article.

Authors are optional. Owners, administrators, and editors can add them.

Select Save draft often. Every save creates a recoverable revision. Use Revision history to compare the current article with an earlier version.

Preview and publish

Select Open preview to open a private link that only works for 24 hours. You can preview a saved draft, a scheduled article, or the current saved version of a published article. Preview links are intended for reviewers and are never listed in search results.

Select Publish whenever the article is ready. The readiness review provides suggestions, but those suggestions do not block publishing. To publish later, use the clock button next to the toolbar actions and choose a future date and time in your local time zone; the article will show as scheduled until that time. The clock button appears for saved drafts, because a schedule needs a saved article. On a scheduled article, the toolbar offers Publish now to release it immediately, and Cancel schedule returns it to a draft.

Update a published article

Edit a published article as usual, then select Republish in the toolbar. The article is saved and the live version is refreshed in one step, so readers see your changes without you unpublishing first. Save on a published article does the same thing and confirms with "Changes saved and published", so nothing sits in a hidden state waiting for a second action.

Choose Unpublish in the toolbar's more menu when an article should come off the site and become a draft again. The toolbar only offers the actions that apply to the current status, which is shown next to the section tabs.

Rename or archive an article

Changing the address of a previously published article automatically sends old bookmarks to the current address.

Choose Archive when an article should no longer be available. Visitors see that the article was archived, and search engines are asked to remove it. Choose Restore to draft to edit it again, then publish when ready. To bring an archived article back in one step, select Restore & publish in the toolbar.

Troubleshooting

An article will not save or publish

Make sure the title is not empty, then try again. All other fields may be left empty. If you entered an optional value, it still needs to be valid: for example, an author address must exist, a canonical address must be a complete secure web address, and uploaded media must use a supported format. Correct the value or remove it, save, then publish again.

My edits are not showing on the live article

Open the article and select Republish. Wait for the confirmation, then reload the public article in a private window, because your browser may still be showing a cached copy. If the status next to the section tabs reads draft, the article is not live at all: select Publish.

An image will not upload

Use a PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, or AVIF image no larger than 25 MB. If the service is temporarily unavailable, your unsaved writing remains in the editor; retry the image after a moment, then save.

The featured image is missing after reopening an article

Reopen the article and check Media. If the area is empty, the image was never saved with the article; upload it again and save. Uploading the same file twice does not create a duplicate, so it is safe to retry.

The activity log is empty

The activity log under Audit is available to publication owners and administrators only. Other roles see a note instead of the list. The readiness review on the same screen works for everyone.

I cannot add an author

Only owners, administrators, and editors can add authors. Ask one of them to add the author under Resources → Authors, then enter the address it lists.

The article address is already taken

Choose a distinct address. If the address belongs to an older published article, check Redirect manager before removing or reusing it so existing bookmarks do not break.

An edit was interrupted

Reopen the article and check Revision history. Saved revisions are retained. Text that had not been saved may still be in your browser; copy it somewhere safe before refreshing.

A scheduled article did not publish

Open the article and confirm the schedule is still valid. Save again if you changed it. The publishing service retries interrupted work automatically.

Blog sends me back to the dashboard

Your account is signed in but has not been granted publication access. Ask a Fetchply administrator or publication owner to add a blog role. Signing out and back in does not grant access.

My Fetchply session expired while editing

Copy any unsaved text somewhere safe, sign in again, then reopen Dashboard → Blog. Saved revisions remain available. Retry the last action after the publisher loads.