How to edit/re-edit your published DK diary: a community tiny tutorial. Rev'd.

     To start with, If you would like to re-edit, look for the little sketch of a slanted pencil and the word EDIT: that’s the button for the author to reach the “draft layer/”draft-view of her/his/their published diary. As boxed in red below, that button is usually in the top right corner of a published diary — without the red box — but location may depend on what kind of device you’re using. (I just have a computer.)

     AND depending on what magnification — on my computer the pencil and “Edit” disappear at 100% of zoom and above, and only show at 90% and less.

     If your zoom/magnification or other factors prevent your seeing that pencil+Edit, try zooming down to 90% or less. If that doesn’t work, click on the 3-dot menu that should be there regardless. (See the 3 dots just outside the red box.)

     Clicking on that will give you this dropdown menu, with the pencil+EditStory topmost.

When you click on EDIT, it gives you the “draft layer” of your diary.

You’ll see the words “STATUS: PUBLISHED” in the top of the black section of the big honking black&orange toolbox in the right portion of the draft layer/draft view. Just below that, in grey-on-black print will be the current title of your diary.

Make whatever changes to your diary that you wish (can change title if you like, too). Then hit SAVE DRAFT in the top/orange section of the toolbox.

and then click on PUBLISH CHANGES — orange print in the white bar low in the black section.

You’ll then get a request for confirmation — white box asking “Are you sure you want to publish this story now?” with choice of two buttons: Cancel if you want to wait, or PUBLISH CHANGES (white print on orange).

When you’re ready, Hit PUBLISH CHANGES, and that will take you back to the published, publicly readable layer of the diary, now in changed/edited form.

All diaries are pretty much infinitely re-editable! Some of my group index diaries have been re-edited hundreds of times :)

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Suggestions for improving this tiny tutorial are welcome. Will do my best to re-edit!

Official site how-to is HERE.