Publish and host, hassle free

Publishing should be as effortless as creating. Shorthand gives you unmatched flexibility to host and deliver stunning, high-performance content your way.

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All set to publish

With full control of your publishing process, you’ll have the speed and confidence to get your stories out there.

Preview before publishing

See how your story displays on desktop, mobile, and tablet — so you can be confident it looks great everywhere.

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One-click publishing

Get your content live faster. Ready, set, publish, and republish your Shorthand story with a single click.

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Flexible visibility settings

Confidently control access to your stories. Publish to a private hidden link, or invite viewers with a one-time password to a protected story.

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Scheduled publishing

Publish at the right moment. No need to stay up late or wake up early— schedule your story to publish whenever you want.

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Secure, high-performance hosting

Choose the publishing setup that fits your team — from full control on your servers to the ease of Shorthand hosting.

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Host with Shorthand

Let Shorthand host, and publish to your chosen domain or subdomain. Backed by Amazon S3 and CloudFront, your stories are delivered at speed and scale.

Self-hosting

Publish via your own S3 bucket, API, or custom infrastructure while still using Shorthand’s powerful storytelling tools.

Full story export

Download your story as a zip archive — including code, media, and a full JSON representation of your story — and host it wherever you like.

Story embedding

Embed Shorthand-hosted stories into any webpage with ease. Simply copy and paste the automatically generated code snippet to integrate your content seamlessly.

Asset server

Host your images and videos separately from your story HTML to boost performance, enhance security, and keep your content loading fast.

CMS plugins

Integrate Shorthand with your CMS using our WordPress or Drupal plugins, or the Story API, to publish and host directly on your platform.

From idea to publish

Bring your vision to life with speed and style — and share it in a way that engages, inspires, and delivers results.

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All features

Everything you need to tell your story, and more.

Let’s build something beautiful.

Join thousands of storytellers using Shorthand to publish standout visual comms and content. Fast, flexible, and built for scale.