#9 How to Publish Publicly
Your own public page — publish notes to your personal profile at penpage.com/@yourname. Anyone can visit, read, and save your content.
What is the public workspace?
PenPage has a Public workspace. Anything you put there is published — visible to anyone who visits your profile.
Think of it as your public notebook. Private notes stay private. Public notes are for the world.
How to publish
- Open a note and tap the share button
- Tap Post to Public at the bottom
- Done — your note is now live on your public profile
Or create notes directly in the Public workspace — they sync to your public profile automatically.
Your front page
penpage.com/@yourname opens the first note in your root folder — the one at the top of your page list.
That note is your front page, and you write it yourself. Visitors don't get an automatic list of all your folders. If you want them to find your other topics, link to them from that note. Or don't — it's your page.
Organize by topic
Put unrelated topics in separate folders — work notes in one, recipes in another, photography in a third.
When someone opens one of your notes, the sidebar lists only the notes in that same folder. Share a recipe and the reader sees your other recipes next to it, not your work notes. Different folders suit different occasions.
Everything in the Public workspace is still public. This shapes what people see first — it isn't a way to hide anything.
Your public name
Renaming your root folder changes the name shown:
- In the sidebar, while someone is reading your notes
- On shared links and in share emails
The big heading on your profile comes from your Google account name, not from the folder name.
Scan to open on your phone
Every public note has a QR code at the bottom. Scan it to open that exact page on a phone — handy when you're reading on a desktop, or when you've printed the note to paper.
When does it sync?
- Auto-sync: ~30 seconds after you finish editing
- Manual sync: Tap the workspace icon to open the Public panel, then Sync now
- Status: Green dot = synced, blinking = syncing
Unpublish / delete
Delete a note from the Public workspace — it's removed from your public profile on the next sync.
Private share vs. Public
| Private Share (#8) | Public | |
|---|---|---|
| Who can see | Only people with the link | Anyone on the internet |
| Duration | Expires (7 days default) | Permanent until you delete |
| URL | /s/abc1234 |
/@you/pageId |
| Listed on profile | No | Yes |
| Best for | Sending to specific people | Building your public presence |
Requirements
Public publishing requires a Google account (sign in once to get your @handle).