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Defaults

Set which book type and which content type are pre-selected when you create new content. This saves the most common case a click.

What it does

Under Defaults you pick two pre-selections:

  • Default book type: the type a plain click on the New (+) button on the Books dashboard creates. The choices are Prose, Picture book and Comic.
  • Default content type: the content type a plain click on the New Article (+) button on the Articles dashboard creates. The choices are all 9 content types (Blog post, Tutorial, Review, Essay, Newsletter, Interview, Listicle, Short story, Article).

The default only controls what the primary button creates. The arrow (chevron) next to the button still gives you every other type, so the default never limits you.

If you pick a content type other than the factory default (that is, not Blog post), the primary button on the Articles dashboard deep-links straight to the matching create page, so even the title reflects the type (e.g. "New Tutorial" instead of "New Article"). With the factory default Blog post the label stays neutral.

A ?type= parameter in the URL always takes precedence over this default. Opening a link with a specific type gives you that type, regardless of the configured default.

How to use it

  1. Open Settings from the left sidebar.
  2. Switch to the Behavior tab.
  3. Scroll to the Defaults section.
  4. In the Default book type dropdown, pick the book type you want.
  5. In the Default content type dropdown, pick the content type you want.
  6. Click Save. The default applies immediately on the next creation.

Where to find it

Settings, Behavior tab, Defaults section. The section sits in the same tab as language, trash and the confirmation options.

Tips

  • If you write mostly comics, set the default book type to Comic, then a click on New creates a comic right away.
  • The new primary-button label (e.g. "New Tutorial") appears once you return to the dashboard after saving; the setting is re-read fresh every time the dashboard loads.
  • When you occasionally need a different type, use the chevron arrow next to the button. The default stays unchanged.
  • There is no "no default" value: the fields always show a valid type (Prose and Blog post out of the box).