A Teeny Weeny Problem...

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   lrohnerposted 13 years ago

   I just discovered that if you start a hub and assign it to a group, it will show up as a link in the group options of your published hubs -- even though it's not published yet. Yup. Draft hubs will show up as a link.
   
   This is SO not cool.

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      sunforgedposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      draft hubs show up in the regular linking tool within a text capsules also.
      
      Confuses me all the time

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      relacheposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Not if you are not signed in or if you are a user who is not the author of those Hubs it won't.  I just tested it, and your issue is a non-issue, except in the author's own view.
      
      
      Also, as a signed out user, I couldn't view an unpublished Hub even though I knew the URL.
      
      I think a lot of you are forgetting that the view of your own Hubs as the author is NOT the same as what other members or non-members see...

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         Fawntiaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Relache is correct. You are seeing the unpublished Hubs only because you are the signed in author. Signed out users, or signed in users who are not the author, will not see the unpublished Hubs in the article group.
         
         She is also correct in noting that, even if another HubPages user were to discover your unpublished Hub somehow, they would merely see a message that says "This Hub is no longer published" or something to that effect.
         
         I hope that resolves your concern.

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   mtsi1098posted 13 years ago

   I think that is a good thing...that way you can link your new hub to old ones before you publish it...

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   IzzyMposted 13 years ago

   Didn't someone say on here last week that we can actually find and read unpublished hubs if we know the exact url? Not sure I like that idea either. To me,if something is unpublished, no-one should be able to read it except the author.

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      Fawntiaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      If someone said that, they were mistaken.

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   Mishaposted 13 years ago

   Did not check this, but if it is there - it certainly is due for a fix IMO.

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      lrohnerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Trust me -- it's there. I'm going to email Fawntia in the AM and see if she can work her magic.

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   Fiction Tellerposted 13 years ago

   Irohner,
   
   It has been this way for a long time, but I always thought the links to pre-published hubs of the same group are only visible on a hub if you're signed in.  Does it also happen when you're signed out?

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      lrohnerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Ha! Well, now that I've ungrouped all of my unpublished hubs, I really don't know the answer to that question. Sigh...
      
      I'll give it a test run in the AM.

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   Fiction Tellerposted 13 years ago

   Okay, I just gave it a test, and I think it doesn't show to people signed out.  But I only tested it once - you may have caught something that only happens in particular situations.
   
   I really wish we could get stats about how much traffic we actually get from grouped hubs. I'm kinda tempted to nix mine, myself.

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      lrohnerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      To be honest, I've been trying to figure out which one is the most beneficial: groups, RSS feeds, anchor text links or link capsules. I'm sure that some day I'll get it.

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   kimberlyslyricsposted 13 years ago

   Thanks Fawntia, I always wondered

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