Manage your first topic

After creating your first document, you will be directed to the topic editor to create, edit, and view your topics.

Add your first topic

The system will automatically create your first topic after you create a document. You can start adding a title and body to your topic. It will be automatically saved and appear on the Table of content (ToC) in the editor's left panel.

Edit your topic

Open your topic by clicking its title in the ToC in the editor's left panel.

1. Start editing your topic by clicking wherever you need on your topic title or body.

Changes will be saved automatically.

Preview your topic

To make sure your topic looks good to your users, you can see its preview at any time before publishing.

To see your topic preview:

1. Open your topic by clicking its title in the ToC in the editor's left panel.
2. Click options shown with the three vertical dots menu on the top right of the topic editor window.
3. Click Preview.
   Your topic preview will open in a new tab.

Publish a topic

There are three methods to publish a topic directly (read about creating a publish request here):

a: Click the three vertical dots menu next to your topic title in the ToC > Publish topic.

b: Open your topic from the ToC and click the publish button indicated by an upward arrow on the top right corner.

c: (For publishing one or more topics at the same time)

1. Click the dropdown menu above the Table of Content > Publish topics.
2. Choose the topic/topics you want to publish.
3. Click PUBLISH.

Your topics will be immediately available online on your Custom Domain or hosted on Sonat.com as soon as you publish them. The absence of the green square with a plus sign inside next to your topic as well as the disabled publish icon confirms that your topic has been published successfully. You can view the published version of your topic as follows.

View and link to your published topic

Your topics are available on the internet as soon as you publish them. You can now visit your published topic as it appears to your users and link to it on your other resources by copy-pasting its URL.

To view and find the URL of your topic:

1. View live icon
   1. Click the View live icon next to the bread crumb above the editor.
      Your online manual will open in a new tab.
   2. Copy and paste the URL appearing in your topic view live and use this URL to link to it in your website, application, etc.
2. Share button
   1. Click Options shown with the three vertical dots menu on the top right of the topic editor window.
   2. Click Share.
   3. Share your topic URL through:
   - Copying the URL by clicking the Copy icon in the shareable links box.
   - Share the link with a QR code.
   4. Click Open to view your topic.