Docs/Export/Publishing

Publishing

Turn your notes into a website other people can browse — and, when you're ready, put that website online.

Make a website

Minerva can turn your whole collection of notes into a self-contained website, complete with a sidebar, a search box, and a page for each note. Anyone you share it with can read and search it in a browser.

If you want a particular note to look a certain way when it's shared, you can set a few extra properties at the top of that note:

Preview image
The thumbnail that appears when the note's link is shared on social media or in a chat.
Background
A custom background color for the note's page.
Custom styling
Your own styling to give the page a distinct look.
A browser showing the finished site: a sidebar listing your notes, a search box, and a note open in the main pane.
Screenshot — Your notes as a website

Put it online

Making a website leaves the files on your computer. When you want it live for others to visit, Publish to Web sends it to the web for you. Set up a destination once, then republish with a single action whenever you've made changes and want the live version to catch up.

You can also do a trial run first: Minerva shows you exactly what would change before anything actually goes live, so you can double-check you're publishing what you intended.

This one goes public

Everything else in this section stays on your own machine until you decide otherwise. Publishing to the web is the exception — when you run it for real, your site goes live. It's worth a quick glance to confirm you've picked the right destination before you do.