Share a Document People Can Explore

Let readers find the outline and explore the detail at their own pace. Keep developing your original document while giving them a way to take the content further.

People rarely read every shared document from beginning to end. One reader wants the conclusion; another needs a particular section. Someone else may want to move between the outline and the full text.

An Interactive View brings those reading options into one read-only HTML file. It opens in a modern browser without installing DeMinds. Readers can unfold the map, open notes, and read the document content included in the export.

Choose the reading experience you want to share

Open your document in DeMinds, review its current content, and choose Interactive View from the download menu. Include the document, the mind map, or both.

Choose what to include, then inspect the result before sharing.

Match the layout to the content

When both views are included, the layout adapts to the window. On sufficiently large windows, readers can choose side-by-side or stacked panes. Smaller screens use a layout suited to the available space.

Give readers a clear set of main sections, with detail to open when they need it. You do not have to expand every node or fit every sentence into a single long image.

Help readers move from the outline into the explanation

Suppose you are sharing research notes. A map shows which questions you covered, but not necessarily the evidence behind your judgment. A long document contains that evidence, but readers may struggle to find the relevant section. Including both lets them identify a topic before reading its passages and notes.

With sufficient window space, Side-by-Side suits reading the outline beside the text. Stacked gives the body a wider reading column. In the stacked layout, readers can adjust scrolling so that the map stays above as a reference or moves with the main reading surface. These are presentation choices for the current session; they do not rewrite your article.

Side-by-side keeps structure beside detail; stacked gives the body more width.

Send a file or share a public link

A file your reader can keep

Export the .deminds.html file and send it through your usual file-sharing channel. The recipient opens it in a modern browser.

Embedded content can be read offline. If the file retains remote image references, local-file reading offers explicit loading controls. Those images and external links still require the relevant network access.

A file is useful for keeping a particular version, archiving it with other material, or handing it directly to a recipient.

A public page readers can open directly

In supported Apple app environments, DeMinds Plus can publish an Interactive View to a dedicated sharing space in your personal GitHub account. GitHub Pages provides the public URL.

Connect your account from the publishing entry, review the content, and publish. Once the page is available, open it to check the reading experience before sharing the link.

Permitted remote images may load automatically on a public page. A public link suits material intended for public viewing. Content that needs restricted access requires a delivery method that meets those requirements.

Keep a file for handoff, or maintain a public link for direct access.

If an image does not appear

Remote images in a local file may need an explicit click to load; a public page attempts to load supported remote images automatically. Retry a failed image and check whether its source link still works. Confirm that essential images are readable in the actual file or page you deliver.

Updating a page and replacing a file are different actions

An HTML file you send represents a specific version. After changing the source document, export and send it again; a copy already saved on someone else's computer does not change with yours.

For a GitHub Pages publication, update the existing publication so later visitors to that link can read the revised page. Open the public result yourself and check the title, body, and important images. To take a page down, use the unpublish action rather than merely disconnecting the account. Removing the public page also does not remotely delete copies that other people have already downloaded.

Check it from the reader's side

Open the actual exported file or published page and follow the path you expect a reader to take: read the title, unfold a long branch, open a note, and inspect an important image or table.

If most readers will use a phone, check the text and map on a small screen too. Missing content, unavailable images, or an unclear title deserve attention before another visual effect does.

The file is read-only, but it is not encrypted. Before sharing or publishing, check that its text, images, and annotations are appropriate for others to see and that you have the necessary permission. Attribution and copyright notices do not replace that permission.

Give the content somewhere to go after reading

Recipients who want to develop the material can open a valid Interactive View in DeMinds and choose to import it as a separate editable document.

They maintain that copy themselves; their edits do not automatically return to your original. You can keep working on your own version and export again or update its public view when ready.

Try the reading experience: open the existing Interactive View sample, switch modes, and unfold a branch to see how the text and structure work together.

Creating an Interactive View requires Plus. Recipients can read it in a browser without subscribing or installing DeMinds.