Joyful Docs

Settings

Profile, appearance, and data export.

Settings apply to whatever context you're in—personal account or team. Switch contexts to configure each separately.

Profile

Set your display name, bio, and profile picture. These show on your public homepage. You can also add social links (Twitter, LinkedIn, Bluesky, website) that appear if you enable them in layout settings.

Layout

Customize how your public page looks:

Colors

Set your brand colors:

  • Primary — main buttons and links
  • Secondary — hover states and accents
  • Accent — highlights and decorative elements

Typography

  • Font family — system, serif, or sans-serif
  • Heading style — bold, normal, or light
  • Body text size — small, medium, or large

Content visibility

Toggle what appears on your public page:

  • Show stats — displays subscriber count, post count, and publication count in your profile header. Counts unique subscribers across all publications.
  • Show avatar — your profile picture
  • Show social links — links to your Twitter, LinkedIn, Bluesky, website, etc.
  • Featured posts — highlight your most recent post prominently at the top
  • Posts per page — how many posts to show before pagination (default: 6)

Avatar

  • Shape — circle, rounded, or square
  • Size — small, medium, or large
  • Border — show or hide a border around your avatar

Data export

Download everything: newsletters, subscribers, publications, settings. Available as JSON (complete backup) or CSV (easier to view in spreadsheets).

Your data belongs to you. Export anytime from the Data Export tab.

Google Drive backup

Automatically back up your data to Google Drive. Connect your Google account and your newsletters, subscribers, and settings get saved to a "Joyful Backups" folder in your Drive.

Setup

  1. Go to Settings → Data Export
  2. Click Connect Google Account
  3. Grant access to Google Drive
  4. Enable Automatic Backups and choose your frequency

Backup frequency

Choose how often backups run:

  • Daily — every 24 hours
  • Weekly — every 7 days
  • Monthly — every 30 days

Manual backup

Click Backup Now to create a backup immediately. Use "Open folder" to view your backups in Google Drive.

What's included

Each backup contains your user profile, publications, newsletters (with content), and subscribers as a JSON file.