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Public Spaces are one of Backpocket’s most unique features. Every user gets a personalized public page where they can share their curated saves with the world — complete with custom layouts and even their own domain.

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What is a public space?

Your public space is a webpage that displays all your public saves. It’s available at: 
https://yourname.backpocket.my
You choose your slug (username) during setup, and you can change it at any time. If you have a custom domain, your space can also be accessed at your own URL.

Add a Custom Domain

Use your own domain for a fully branded experience.

Visibility Controls

Control what’s public and what stays private.

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What visitors see

When someone visits your public space, they can:
  • Browse your public saves in a list or grid layout
  • Search by title and description
  • Filter by tags and collections
  • Read articles in reader mode (if snapshot is available)
  • View save metadata — title, description, domain, date, and your note
Only saves marked as public appear on your space. Private saves are never exposed. You control visibility on a per-save basis.

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Setting up your space

1

Choose your slug

Go to Settings → Public Space and pick a unique slug. This becomes your subdomain: yourslug.backpocket.my.
2

Configure visibility

Set your space to public to make it accessible. You can toggle this on and off at any time.
3

Mark saves as public

On individual saves, toggle the visibility to public. Only public saves appear on your space.
4

Customize the layout

Choose between list or grid layout for displaying your saves.

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Visit counter

Your public space tracks visit counts — you can see how many people have viewed your page. This is a simple counter, not an analytics suite — consistent with Backpocket’s privacy-first approach.

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Use cases

Curate your best articles, projects, and resources into a themed public page that represents your interests.
Share a collection of curated resources for a topic — design tools, programming tutorials, industry news.
Maintain a public reading list so friends or colleagues can see what you’re reading.

Custom Domains

Use your own domain for your public space.

Visibility

Understand how visibility controls work.

Profile Settings

Update your display name, bio, and avatar.