How to share a collection of links as one page

Someone asks for “those links you mentioned”, and the answer is spread across a dozen browser tabs, a bookmarks bar, a notes app and an old chat thread. It might be resources for a new client, the tools you recommend to people starting out in your field, or the talks from a conference worth watching. Pasting fifteen URLs into a message works once. The next person who asks gets a slightly different list.

This guide covers how people usually put a set of links in front of someone else, and how to keep them in one Fabric folder that publishes as a single page you can update without sending a new URL.

How people usually share a set of links

The quickest method is a message or email with the URLs pasted in. It costs nothing, but bare links carry no context, previews vary by app, and the list exists only in that one conversation. Updating it means sending a new one.

A shared document in Google Docs or Notion is the next step. You can add a sentence about each link and group them under headings, and the document stays at one address. The upkeep is all manual, though: links have to be copied in one at a time, and the document holds only the URLs, so if a page is taken down, what it said goes with it.

Link-in-bio tools such as Linktree and its alternatives produce a tidy public page and suit a short, stable list of your own profiles. They’re less suited to a long or changing set of resources, and they’re separate from wherever you saved the links in the first place. Exporting a browser bookmarks folder is possible too, but the result is a file most people won’t know how to open.

Step 1: Save the links into one folder

Create a folder in Fabric for the collection and give it the name you’d want readers to see, such as “Getting started with bookkeeping” or “Talks worth watching”. Then fill it from wherever the links are.

Paste a URL straight into the folder and Fabric saves it as a bookmark, keeping a copy of the page for reading and search. While browsing, the browser extension for Chrome, Safari and Firefox saves the page you’re on in one click. On a phone, use the share sheet in any app, which is the easiest way to save something you found in a social feed or a podcast app.

If the links are already in your browser’s bookmarks, Fabric can import a browser bookmarks file, so you can bring them in and move the relevant ones into the folder. How to import your browser bookmarks explains that route.

Step 2: Add context so the page explains itself

A list of titles tells a reader very little. The clearest way to add context is a note inside the folder: a short introduction, plus the line you’d otherwise type in a message, such as “read the bookkeeping one first” or “skip to the second half of the talk”. Write it with Fabric’s notes and docs editor. You can also add a comment or tags to anything you save, which helps you remember why it’s in the collection.

Fabric also processes each saved link on arrival. It writes a summary, extracts the content type and the topics covered, and suggests tags, so the collection is searchable inside your own library from the start. Smart organization covers what’s extracted and how smart collections use it.

Before publishing, open a few of the saved pages in reader mode to check they still say what you remember. A link saved two years ago sometimes points at a page that has changed since.

Step 3: Publish the folder as a web page

Select the folder and click Share to open the share modal, then open the Publish tab and click Create link. A published folder appears as a web page, so the whole collection sits behind one URL. Fabric’s publishing works on every plan, including free.

Name the link, then set the options. Allow visitors to copy it to their Fabric is worth turning on for a resource list: anyone who uses Fabric can save the collection into their own library. Allow indexing by search engines decides whether the page can appear in Google results, which suits a public resource list and doesn’t suit a set of links prepared for one client. Allow downloads matters less here, since most items are bookmarks, but it applies if you include files such as a PDF checklist.

Copy the link and send it, or put it in your email signature, profile or newsletter footer. How to turn a folder into a website covers more ways to use a published folder.

Step 4: Keep adding to it

Editing the source in Fabric updates the published version. When you find another good resource, save it into the folder and it’s on the page the next time someone opens the link. Remove something that’s gone stale and it drops off. The URL you shared months ago still shows the current list.

If you want a sense of whether the page is being used, turn on engagement analytics for the link. Link analytics are on the Pro and Team plans and show visits over time, with the date, location and device of each visit.

You can also create more than one publish link for the same folder, each with its own name and settings, for example one in your newsletter and one on your website, and compare which gets more visits. To see what the plans include, check pricing.

Frequently asked questions

What’s the easiest way to share a list of links on one page?

Save the links into one Fabric folder, then publish the folder. It appears as a single web page at one URL, and you can keep adding links to the folder afterwards.

Is Fabric a free alternative to Linktree for sharing resources?

Publishing is on Fabric’s free plan, so you can publish a folder of links without paying. It’s built around the links you save while browsing, which suits longer resource lists more than a short set of profile links.

Can I add a description to each link?

The simplest way is a note in the folder that introduces the collection and says a line about each link. You can also add a comment to anything you save in Fabric.

Will the shared page update when I add new links?

Yes. Editing the source in Fabric updates the published version, so links added to the folder appear at the same URL.

Can people save my link collection to their own account?

If they use Fabric and you’ve turned on Allow visitors to copy it to their Fabric, they can copy the collection into their own library.

What happens if one of the original web pages disappears?

Fabric saves the page itself when you save a bookmark, so you still have the text for reading and search in your library. Bookmarking vs. saving explains why that difference matters.

Can I keep a link collection out of search engines?

Yes. Leave Allow indexing by search engines turned off when you create the publish link.

Can I find a link I saved in Fabric but didn’t put in the collection?

Yes. Search matches by meaning as well as keywords and reads the saved page’s text, so describing what the page was about is usually enough.