Searching allows you find publications of interest. Searches can be wide or very focused. Additionally searches can be saved as Reading Lists, whereby the search is saved, but not the search results which will change as more publications are published matching the saved criteria.


TERMS - These are words or phrases which you are searching. Omitting terms will find all content that match the search elements selected.

There are special symbols (modifiers) that you can add to search to make it more powerful. These modifiers are not required but can greatly focus your search results.

+ in front of a word (eg: +javascript) requires the word to be present.

- in front of a word (eg: -javascript) requires the word NOT be present.

"" around a phrase (eg: "dad jokes") requires the phrase to be present.

TIP: When focusing searches with modifiers, you will get the best results by limiting the other search elements to smaller sets.

All Content Does not limit results to only Child Appropriate publications.

Just Child Appropriate Limts results to only Child Appropriate Publications.

Show More Options Toggles the view of other search elements available to refine your search

+List Brings up a dialog box to save your search as a new Reading List

PUBLICATION TYPES - Searches can be against any or all publication types. Every publication has only 1 publication type. Publication types describe the nature of the publication. For example, a Story is a fictitious work, while an Article would be a non-fiction work of research, analysis or expertise.

PUBLICATION COMPONENTS - Searches can be against any or all publication components. Every Publication has an Author, a Title, Keywords (if added by the Author) and its Contents. Limiting the publication components searched will provide more targeted search results.




The above example will find all publications that are child appropriate stories which have unicorn either in the the title or in the main content of the publication.

Reading lists allow you to save and organize your interests. There are 3 types of reading lists you can create.

Publication Lists - These lists allow you to add specific publications to a list. An example might be "Favorite Bedtime Stories".

Author Lists - These lists allow you to group authors in a list. An example might be "Favorite Poets" or "Favorite Comedians". The reading list will contain all publications by the authors in the list.

Search Lists - These lists save search criteria from a search. An example might be "Unicorn Stories" which would find all child appropriate stories that have unicorns.



+ List buttons are used to create Reading Lists. These buttons are context aware. Clicking the button on the search window will allow you to create a new Search List from the search settings. Clicking the button in the Reading Now window will allow you to create a new Publications List or add the current Publication to an existing Publication List. Clicking the button in the Author actions popup will allow you to create a new Authors list or add the Author to an existing Authors List.





Manage Lists - This button toggles the Reading List window into management mode. When in management mode, this button will change to:
Managing Lists - In managagement mode, clicking on a Reading List will bring up a management dialog box for that list. You can rename the list, delete the list, or remove items from the list. The exception is Search Lists which can only be renamed or deleted.

The Publishing window is where you manage your Publications. There are 3 main areas... Compose, Drafts and Published and are accessed by their name the top of the window.


This is the area where you create your Publications.

Publications are created as either 'For Children' or 'Not for Children'.

Not For Children FOR CHILDREN

'For Children' publications are appropriate for readers 12yo and younger. 'For Children' publications cleary display the symbol for parents to easily identify the publication as child appropriate. When an account is set as a 'child proxy', only child appropriate publications will be displayed to that account. When you select 'For Children', the selector will change to FOR CHILDREN. Attempting to publish illicit material as 'For Children' and lead to account restrictions, account terminations or even referral to Law Enforcement.



Publishing a work as 'Not for Children' allows for more mature content. However, if it is illegal in the real world, it is illegal here. Pornography/Nudity can not be published. Content calling for violence or harrassment is also not allowed. Lastly content intended to deceive the reader is also prohibited (not misinformation but rather disinformation).

There are 6 publication types you can choose from when publishing your work.

Article - Non-fiction works of research, analysis, expertise.

Story - Works of fiction such as short stories, novellas or novels.

Joke - Works of humor.

Poem - Works of poetry or song lyrics

Scribble - Short statements, announcements. Kinda like the really annoying sound a small bird makes. 😀

Review - These are reviews of tangible and intangible things. Product reviews, movie reviews, etc...

The publication will have 3 components to it. The Title, Keywords and the actual content being published.

Title - Yup, it's the title of your publication.

Keywords - These are words or phrases that narrow down the subject of your publication to make it easier for people to find. Keywords or phrases are separated by commas.
ex: bedtime story, princess, knight

Content - this is the body of your publication. You can edit directly in the content box and use the editing tool-bar floating towards the bottom of the screen.

When you are ready, you can save your work as a draft, publish it or discard the contents of the compose screen without saving changes.

New Loads a fresh composition form without saving the contents of the loaded form. It does not delete any drafts or publications. It is useful when editing a draft or a publication and you don't want to save the changes or after you save a draft and want to start a new publication.

Save as Draft Saves the contents of the compose window as a draft. Once the draft has been saved, editing that draft will not create new drafts when Save as Draft is clicked. There are no hard limits on the number of drafts you can have saved.

PublishSubmits the work for publication. If the work had previously been saved as a draft, the draft is removed. Published works can be edited after publication, but can not be saved as drafts.

The Reading Now window contains the Publication that is currently being read. The publication will remain in this window until another publication is selected for reading.


The information bar at the top of the window provides the estimated read time of the publication, how many times it has been read by authenticated users, and how many likes / dislikes it has received from authenticated users. The Reviews element is there as a possible future feature, but may go away just the same.


Below the Publication's title is the Author section. Clicking on the Author's name or Avatar will open an overlay allowing you to copy a link to the Author, to view the Author's other publications, or add the Author to a new or existing reading list.


Directly below the Author section is a control bar containing the following controls:

Report allows you to report a publication for being in violation of IPublish Terms of Service.

Follow allows you to quickly follow the Author. When following the Author the button will display as Following

Like allows you to "like" the publication. When you have "liked" a publication, the button will display as Like. Clicking the button again will remove your like from the Publication. Should you have already "Disliked" the Publication and then click "Like", it will remove the "Dislike" and add a "Like".

Dislike allows you to "dislike" the publication. When you have "disliked" a publication, the button will display as "Dislike". Clicking the button again will remove your like from the Publication. Should you have already "Liked" the Publication and then click "Disike", it will remove the "Like" and add a "Dislike".

+List will bring up and overlay where you can add the Publication to an existing Reading List or create a new Reading List containing the Publication.

Link will bring up and overlay where you can view and copy a link to the Publication.


Below the Control Bar is the main content of the Publication. At the botton of the Publication there is a "First Published" date and a "Last Updated" date. Both of these dates are displayed in your local timezone.


At the very bottom are the keywords that the Author has applied to the publication to help readers find the Publication.

Navigating IPublish is simple, intuitive and flexible, at least once you know what the icons mean. So let's breakdown the navigation controls. From top left to bottom right:

brings you to the Publication Management window. In the Publication Management window you compose publications, manage draft publications and manage published works. You must be logged in to access this area.

brings you to the Search window. In the Search window you can construct searches to find publications of interest to you.

brings you to the Reading Lists window. In the Reading List window you select Reading Lists to open and it is where you manage your reading lists.

brings you to the Profile Management window. In the Profile Management window you manage the attributes of your account, such as name, handle, email, etc... additionally, this is where you set the child proxy account control to limit the account to child safe publications and actions. You must be logged in to access this area. When logged in this icon will be replaced with your chosen avatar.

brings you to the Notifications window. The Notification window is where you will see notifications sent to you by IPublish. You must be logged in to access this area.

IPublish - brings you to a window with general information about IPublish.

Active Reading List brings you to the reading list you are currently reading from. Search results will be displayed here as well as Reading List contents.

Reading Now brings you to the Publication you are currently reading.

Recently Read brings you to a list of the Publications you recently read across all your devices, in reverse chronological order. You must be logged in to access this area.

brings up a context aware Help overlay for the window you are currently viewing. Windows that don't require additional explanation will bring up this Navigation help overaly.