Step one saves by itself two seconds after you stop typing, but only once the publication exists and has a title. Before that, nothing is stored anywhere and everything you have typed lives only in the open browser tab.
That first condition is the one to know. A brand new publication has no record to save into until a title has been entered and the first save has gone through.
What step one saves for you
Once those two conditions are met, these are written for you two seconds after each change:
- The title.
- The description.
- The publication date.
- Removing the attached PDF.
Uploading a PDF works differently. The file has to attach to a publication that already exists, so the editor saves a draft first, and if you have not typed a title yet it names the draft after the file.
There is no warning when you leave
Unlike the journal editor, this one does not stop you closing the tab or navigating away with an edit still pending. Close it inside that two second window and the last thing you typed is gone with no prompt.
If you are about to leave, give it a couple of seconds, or press Next, which saves immediately rather than waiting.
Every step one save writes a draft
This matters on a publication that is already live. Each automatic save on step one records the publication as a draft, which takes it off the site until you publish it again. Editing the title of a published publication is therefore not a small change, and the publication will be waiting in your drafts afterwards.
Step two behaves the opposite way: its changes go live on a published publication straight away.