Publish to the web

Post your review of a Book for friends who don’t use Lar: publish it as a read-only web page and send them the link. A publication is a snapshot, not a live share. Readers can’t edit it, and later changes to the Object appear only when you update the publication.

Note

You publish from the desktop app while signed in to a Lar account. The browser and mobile apps cannot create or manage publications. Anyone can open a published page in an ordinary browser.

Publish an Object

1. Open the Object’s ⋯ menu and choose Share….
2. Select the Publish to web tab.
3. Under Properties and Attachments, turn off anything that should stay private. Everything starts selected, and the body is always included.
4. Optionally, enter a Custom link (optional), such as my-review. Leave it blank for a random link.
5. Choose Publish.
6. Next to Published link, choose Copy.

Your selection is the disclosure boundary: properties and attachments you turn off are never placed in the snapshot. The snapshot always carries the Object’s title, its Type’s name and icon, and its created and updated dates. It never includes relations, backlinks, comments, or activity.

How the link protects content

Lar encrypts the snapshot on your device before uploading it. The server stores only ciphertext, under a random identifier or your custom link. The decryption key is in the URL fragment, the part after #, which browsers don’t send to the server. The publication page downloads the ciphertext and decrypts it in the reader’s browser.

Caution

Anyone with the complete URL can read and copy the published snapshot, so treat the URL like a secret. Link encryption stops the publication server from reading your content; it doesn’t stop a reader from passing it on.

Update a publication

Open Share… → Publish to web, review the selection, and choose Update. The link stays the same and now shows the new snapshot. It still isn’t live collaboration.

Unpublish

Choose Unpublish and confirm Unpublish this page?. The link stops working immediately. Unpublishing can’t take back content a reader already loaded, cached, downloaded, or copied.

Manage publications

Open Shared → Published by me to see all your publications, each with Copy and Unpublish.

A few details depend on the server:

• Custom links are available only if the server allows them. If it rejects one, the field disappears; choose Publish again to get a random link.
• Links point to Lar’s publication address by default. To use a different one, change Publication link address in Settings → Sync. The change applies to your next publish or update; links you already shared stay as they are.

For ongoing, account-based access, use Sharing an Object instead.