The Saved Pages feature lets you bookmark pages across Google developer sites
and quickly access them at a later date. You can organize your saved pages into
customized
collections
and receive notifications when your saved
content is updated.
You must be signed in to your Google Developer Program profile to save a page. If you haven't
joined the Google Developer Program, you can
join it
.
View and manage your list of saved pages under the
Saved Pages
tab on your Google Developer Program profile.
Save a page
If you click the bookmark icon on any Google developer reference page, you can
add that page to the
My saved pages
default collection or to a
collection of your creation
.
To save a page, do the following:
Visit any Google developer reference page.
Click the bookmark icon next to the page title.
If you click the bookmark icon but don't already have a profile, you are
prompted to
create one
.
In the drop-down menu, do one of the following:
Select
My saved pages
to save the page to the default collection.
The following image shows a YouTube page that is saved to the
My saved pages
collection:
Select an existing custom collection to save the page to it.
The following image shows a Firebase page that is saved to the custom
collection
Firebase docs
:
Click
New Collection
to
create a new collection
.
Enter the name of the new collection in the text field.
When the page is saved, the bookmark icon turns blue, and the page is added
to your list of saved pages.
Remove a saved page
To remove a page from your list of saved pages, do the following:
Visit the page that you want to remove or open your list of
Saved Pages
on your Google Developer Program profile.
Click the bookmark icon next to the page title.
In the drop-down that appears, clear the checkbox next to the collection
that contains the page you want to remove.
The bookmark icon reverts to white, and the page is removed from your list
of saved pages.
Receive notifications
When a significant change or update is made to the content in one of your saved
pages, a
release note
is published and you receive
notifications. Notifications are delivered through visual indicators in the
Google Developer Program navigation bar and your
Saved Pages
, as well as a weekly email if
you choose to opt in. This lets you stay current with the content that is
important to you.
Navigation bar
When any of your saved pages are updated and a release note is published, a blue
indicator appears on the
Google Developer Program
button in the navigation bar. The
indicator remains until either you visit all pages that have updates or more
than six months have passed since the last update.
To view updates from the navigation bar, do the following:
Click the
Google Developer Program
button.
A number next to the
Saved pages
item indicates the number of updates
that were made to your saved content since the last time you visited those
pages.
Click
Saved pages
to view the updates.
Saved Pages
To view updates from your list of
Saved Pages
, do the following:
Click the page title to view the updated documentation.
An
Updated
label appears next to the page title, indicating that it
changed since the last time you viewed that page. The label remains until
you visit that page or more than six months have passed since the last
update.
Click the
Release note
link to open a dialog containing the latest
release note message.
The link remains until either it is replaced with a new release note or
more than six months have passed since the last release note was published.
Weekly email
You can opt in to receive weekly email notifications when any of your
saved pages are updated and a release note is published.
The email contains a list of all updated pages, a description of each update,
and a link to the release note. The email does not contain pages that you have
already viewed since the update.
Opt-in process for email notifications
There are two ways you can opt in to release notes email notifications:
If you save a page to your Google Developer Program profile for the first time, you are
prompted to subscribe.
This prompt only appears once when saving your first page. It doesn't
appear for any future page saves. If you dismiss the prompt, you can use the
second option to subscribe at a later date.
To opt in, do the following:
- Visit the page you want to save, and click the bookmark icon next to the
page title.
Select
My saved pages
to save the page to the default Saved Pages
collection, or select
New Collection
to
create a new collection
of saved pages.
A dialog appears with a prompt to opt in to all future release notes
email notifications associated with any of your saved pages.
Click
Yes
.
If you have already saved pages to your Google Developer Program profile, you can subscribe
by adjusting your preferences.
To opt in, do the following:
- Go to the
Settings
tab on your Google Developer Program profile page.
Under the
Notifications
tab, select
Release notes
.
Your selection is automatically saved to your preferences.