Publishing and Invitation Builder Guide

The publishing builder turns the publishing capability into a planner workflow instead of a raw export action.

Planner flow

1. Open the publishing surface for an occasion.
2. Choose a publishing template and target scope.
3. Save a publishing draft with editable content slots.
4. Review backend validation and preview output.
5. Generate the final artifact when the draft is ready.

Supported publishing

• Invitation
• QR invitation
• Save the date
• Poster/sign
• Table card
• Schedule card

Theme behavior

• Draft previews inherit the occasion design theme when one exists.
• If no theme exists, builder previews fall back to occasion-safe defaults.
• Final payload variables reuse the same theme resolution used by preview.

QR behavior

• Guest-targeted QR invitations resolve through guest distribution tokens.
• Occasion-level QR invitations resolve through a generic occasion distribution entry point.
• Draft previews show the intended QR destination before final generation.

Management actions

• Save/update draft
• Duplicate draft
• Archive draft
• Generate final publishing

Publishing Module

• The publishing home keeps blank pages and templates in a single horizontal rail with fixed 250 × 300 cards.
• Drafts and published documents render in consistent cards with bounded preview areas, hover affordances, and shared spacing.
• The editor now uses a three-column layout: a vertical tool rail, a dedicated tool panel, and the main canvas area.
• Editor navigation appears as Publishing / Editor / Document Name, with the document name editable inline from the header.
• Page controls live beneath the canvas, while the selection inspector is condensed into a single horizontal property bar.

Output model

• Drafts are planner-managed editable records.
• Generated artifacts are asset-backed publishing outputs.
• A draft tracks its latest generated artifact and generation timestamp.