Account and settings
Organizing your work
Use the file manager to sort your notebook into folders, move many pieces at once, and keep a growing backlog under control.
Once you have more than a handful of drafts, the file manager is the fastest way to keep them in order. It's a full-screen view of every piece in your notebook, with your folders down one side and your work laid out as cards.
Open it from the notebook, or go to /manage/files. It's a Pro feature.
The layout
The rail on the left lists where pieces can live:
- All pieces and Notebook show everything.
- Folders are the ones you've made. Drag a card onto a folder to file it there.
- System entries (your worlds, and Past Exercises) group pieces that already belong somewhere. Past Exercises is kept for you and isn't a drop target.
The grid on the right is every piece, with its title and status. Drag a card onto a folder in the rail to move it.
Moving many at once
Click the checkbox on a card to start a selection, then keep clicking to add more. A toolbar appears once anything is selected, with actions to Move to a folder, Add to a folder, or remove pieces from one.
A piece can sit in more than one folder, so "Add to" and "Move to" are different on purpose: add keeps the piece where it is and also files it under the new folder, while move takes it out of its current folder.
Two ways to file a piece
You can work one piece at a time or in bulk. For a single piece, drag its card onto a folder in the rail and drop it. For many, select with the checkboxes and use the toolbar. Both do the same thing, so use whichever fits the moment: drag when you are tidying as you read, select when you are reorganising a whole stretch at once.
Counts next to each folder update as you go, so you can see a folder fill (or empty) without opening it. Moving a piece never touches its content, its published state, or any series it belongs to. Organising is purely about where the piece sits in your own notebook.
Folders versus series
Folders are for you. They organize your notebook privately and never show to readers. A series is the opposite: a public, ordered reading experience your followers can subscribe to. Use folders to keep your desk tidy, and a series when you want readers to follow a run of connected pieces.
See also: Importing your work, The editor and notebook.
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