There may be times you want to work on a topic but are not ready to post immediately. A good use case for this is the Tips categories.
Drafts are the solution for this.
Create as normal
First step, is to create the topic as normal. Add a title, tags, and some content.
When you’ve got as far as you want don’t click “Create Topic”. Instead, just click “Close”. You’ll be presented with a dialog.
Choose “Save draft for later” and it will be saved to your drafts.
Finding your drafts
You can find you drafts in two ways:
- By clicking on “My Posts” in the left-hand navigation. If you have drafts saved, it will jump to that tab, otherwise it will just go to the “All” sub-tab.
- Clicking on your profile picture top-right, going to the bottom icon (“Profile”), and going to Drafts.
In your profile, they’re on the Activity tab, on the Drafts sub-tab.
You will also see a blue dot next to “My Posts” in the navigation, to alert you that you have draft posts that require your attention.
What next?
From here you can delete it, if it’s no longer relevant. (Or you forgot you’d created a draft, started afresh, and completed it!)
Or you can continue editing it by clicking the pencil icon. You’ll see the same two buttons you did when you first created the topic. When you’re ready to publish it, click “Create Topic”.
Or if you’re still not ready, click “Close” and “Save draft for later”.