Review/Publish

When you first create a guide, its status is Unpublished. Other QUT Library LibGuides authors can see what you've done, but no one else.

When you're ready to get feedback, you can change the status of your guide to Private. It still won't be listed among the QUT LibGuides, but can be viewed by anyone to whom you give the URL: other librarians, faculty, friends, colleagues at other institutions, etc.

When you're ready to make your guide public, there are several steps you need to take. For more on that and on changing a guide's status, see the Review/Publish page.

Reviewing your guide:

• To see what your guide will look like when published, click on Preview on the yellow command bar at the top of the page. The preview page will open in a new window.

Getting feedback:

• When you are ready for others to review your guide:
  • Change the status from Unpublished to Private.
    • Click on Status on the command bar.
    • Select Change Guide Status.
    • Select Change to Private from the status drop-down menu (the bottom menu in the box).
    • Click on Save Status.
  • Send a request for feedback, with the URL, to your reviewer.

Publishing your guide:

• At the end of the feedback period and after you've made any changes, you can publish the guide.
  • Add tags (under Guide Options at the top right). (Do not add tags until you are ready to publish.)
  • Give it a "friendly URL."
    • Click on Status on the command bar
    • Select Change Guide Status.
    • Enter a single word or words running together in the top box.
  • Assign the guide to a subject catetgory. (Also done by clicking on Change Guide Status.)
  • Change the status from Private to Published.
  • Send a message to the coordinating group (Brendan, Ken, Nina, and Sally) requesting that a link to this guide from the appropriate Research Help by Subject page(s) be added. (Make sure to give them the friendly URL.)