Account and sync

TODO — do not publish this page yet.

The extension ships a working sign-in flow, but it points at a local development server, so there is no account anyone outside the team can create. This page is a skeleton to fill in once the backend is public. Until then it should stay out of the sidebar, or it will generate support mail Pagenail can’t answer.

Pagenail works without an account. Notes are stored on your computer and need no sign-in. An account exists for one reason: so your notes survive a reinstall and show up on a second machine.

Signing in

Click the Pagenail icon in the toolbar. The popup has Sign in and Register tabs; both take an email address and a password of at least eight characters.

Registering sends a verification email. The popup shows a reminder until the address is verified.

TODO — confirm whether an unverified account can sync, or only sign in.

Signing out

The popup shows your email address and a Sign out button.

TODO — state plainly what happens to local notes on sign-out. The sync design says sign-out always clears identity-partitioned storage; users need to know whether their notes disappear from the machine.

Signing in to the web app

Sign in to the webapp too hands your extension session to the Pagenail web app in a browser tab, so you don’t type your password twice.

TODO — document the web app itself, and what it's for, before referencing it here.

What syncs

TODO — the honest list once sync ships: which note types sync, how often, what happens to notes written while signed out, and what happens on conflict.

Password reset and email changes

TODO — not built yet. Say so explicitly rather than leaving the section out; "there is currently no password reset" is a real answer people need.