diff --git a/client/src/components/remixer/EditPanel.tsx b/client/src/components/remixer/EditPanel.tsx
index db9c4dfe8..de8fa438f 100644
--- a/client/src/components/remixer/EditPanel.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/remixer/EditPanel.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ function sanitizeRemixerTitle(
   trim: boolean = true,
   allowColon = false,
 ): string {
-  let s = allowColon ? value : value.replace(/:/g, "");
+  let s = value;
+  if (!allowColon) {
+    const colonIdx = value.indexOf(":");
+    if (colonIdx !== -1) {
+      s = value.slice(colonIdx + 1);
+    }
+  }
   return trim ? s.trim() : s;
 }
 
diff --git a/client/src/components/remixer/PublishPanel.tsx b/client/src/components/remixer/PublishPanel.tsx
index 006b67b23..ba56c6ad2 100644
--- a/client/src/components/remixer/PublishPanel.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/remixer/PublishPanel.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { Icon, List, Progress } from "semantic-ui-react";
 import { RemixerSubPage } from "./model";
 import { appendSiblingTitleSuffix } from "./services";
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ interface SummarySection {
   items: RemixerSubPage[];
 }
 
+const NEAR_BOTTOM_PX = 24;
+
 const PublishPanel: React.FC<PublishPanelProps> = ({
   open,
   dimmer,
@@ -32,10 +34,27 @@ const PublishPanel: React.FC<PublishPanelProps> = ({
   publishMessages = [],
 }) => {
   const messagesEndRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const messagesContainerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const [autoScroll, setAutoScroll] = useState(true);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (publishStatus === "idle" || publishMessages.length === 0) {
+      setAutoScroll(true);
+    }
+  }, [publishStatus, publishMessages.length]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!autoScroll) return;
     messagesEndRef.current?.scrollIntoView({ behavior: "smooth" });
-  }, [publishMessages]);
+  }, [publishMessages, autoScroll]);
+
+  const handleMessagesScroll = useCallback(() => {
+    const el = messagesContainerRef.current;
+    if (!el) return;
+    const distanceFromBottom =
+      el.scrollHeight - el.scrollTop - el.clientHeight;
+    setAutoScroll(distanceFromBottom <= NEAR_BOTTOM_PX);
+  }, []);
 
   const publish = () => {
     handlePublish();
@@ -176,6 +195,8 @@ const PublishPanel: React.FC<PublishPanelProps> = ({
             )}
             {publishMessages.length > 0 ? (
               <div
+                ref={messagesContainerRef}
+                onScroll={handleMessagesScroll}
                 style={{
                   maxHeight: 180,
                   overflowY: "auto",
diff --git a/client/src/components/remixer/RemixerDashboard.tsx b/client/src/components/remixer/RemixerDashboard.tsx
index 05ad938a3..5d883b952 100644
--- a/client/src/components/remixer/RemixerDashboard.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/remixer/RemixerDashboard.tsx
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ const RemixerDashboard: React.FC = () => {
   };
 
   /** Discard local/server drafts and reload the book from source. Resets undo/redo and UI panels. */
-  const startOverMutation = useMutation({
+  const {mutate: startOverMutation, isPending: isStartOverPending} = useMutation({
     mutationFn: async () => {
       clearLocalDraft(id);
       serverStateRef.current = null;
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ const RemixerDashboard: React.FC = () => {
         cancelText="Keep Changes"
         onCancel={closeAllModals}
         onConfirm={() => {
-          startOverMutation.mutate();
+          startOverMutation();
           closeAllModals();
         }}
       />
@@ -2364,7 +2364,7 @@ const RemixerDashboard: React.FC = () => {
                   canRedo={redoStack.length > 0}
                 />
               </Stack>
-              {remixerData.currentBook ? (
+              {(remixerData.currentBook && !isStartOverPending) ? (
                 <TreeDnd
                   expandedNodeIds={expandedNodeIdsBook}
                   setExpandedNodeIds={setExpandedNodeIdsBook}
diff --git a/server/api/services/remixer-service.ts b/server/api/services/remixer-service.ts
index ffd2b3266..94a4bb342 100644
--- a/server/api/services/remixer-service.ts
+++ b/server/api/services/remixer-service.ts
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ const getDisplayTitle = (
   autoNumbering: boolean,
 ): string => {
   const rawTitle = page.title || page["@title"] || "Untitled";
-  if (page.parentID === "-1" && page.article === "topic-category") {
+  if (page.parentID === "-1"  ) {
     return rawTitle;
   }
   const cleanTitle = stripDefaultTitlePrefixBeforeColon(
@@ -545,6 +545,56 @@ const applyDefaultRemixerPageProperties = async (
   await addPageProperty(subdomain, pageID, "WelcomeHidden", true);
 };
 
+/** Book root → topic-category; cover children → topic-guide; everyone else → topic. */
+type RemixerArticleKind = "topic-category" | "topic-guide" | "topic";
+
+const articleKindForPlacement = (
+  pageId: string | undefined,
+  parentId: string | undefined,
+  coverId?: string,
+): RemixerArticleKind => {
+  if (coverId && (pageId === coverId || pageId === "-1")) {
+    return "topic-category";
+  }
+  if (coverId && parentId === coverId) {
+    return "topic-guide";
+  }
+  return "topic";
+};
+
+const contentTemplateForArticleKind = (kind: RemixerArticleKind): string => {
+  if (kind === "topic-category") {
+    return RemixerTemplates.POST_CreateBlankTopicCategory;
+  }
+  if (kind === "topic-guide") {
+    return RemixerTemplates.POST_CreateBlankTopicGuide;
+  }
+  return RemixerTemplates.POST_CreateBlankPage("topic");
+};
+
+const localArticleField = (
+  kind: RemixerArticleKind,
+): RemixerSubPageState["article"] => (kind === "topic" ? "article" : kind);
+
+const applyArticleKindToPage = async (
+  page: RemixerSubPageState,
+  kind: RemixerArticleKind,
+  subdomain: string,
+  coverId: string,
+): Promise<void> => {
+  const bookService = new BookService({
+    bookID: `${subdomain}-${coverId}`,
+  });
+  const tag =
+    kind === "topic" ? "article:topic" : (`article:${kind}` as const);
+  await bookService.updatePageDetails(page["@id"], undefined, [tag]);
+  await bookService.activateShowOrg(
+    page["@id"],
+    kind === "topic-guide" || kind === "topic-category",
+  );
+  page.article = localArticleField(kind);
+};
+
 const handleNewPage = async (
   page: RemixerSubPageState,
   parent: RemixerSubPageState,
@@ -552,10 +602,9 @@ const handleNewPage = async (
   subdomain: string,
   coverId?: string,
 ): Promise<{ pageID: string; pageURI: string }> => {
-  const content =
-    page["@subpages"] === true || parent["@id"] === coverId
-      ? RemixerTemplates.POST_CreateBlankTopicGuide
-      : RemixerTemplates.POST_CreateBlankPage("topic");
+  const kind = articleKindForPlacement(page["@id"], parent["@id"], coverId);
+  const content = contentTemplateForArticleKind(kind);
+  page.article = localArticleField(kind);
   const rawTitle = page["@title"] || page.title || title;
   // segment must be un-encoded here — we double-encode the full path below,
   // matching CXOneFetch's encodeURIComponent(encodeURIComponent(path)) convention.
@@ -620,11 +669,11 @@ const remixerPagePaddedSlug = (
   isBookRoot: boolean = false,
 ): string => {
   const rawTitle = page["@title"] || page.title || displayTitle;
-  if (isBookRoot && page.article === "topic-category") {
+  if (isBookRoot ) {
     return rawTitle
       .toLowerCase()
       .replace(/ /g, "-")
-      .replace(/[\:\.\-]/g, "");
+      .replace(/[\:\.\-]/g, "_");
   }
   return buildRemixerPagePathSegment(page, rawTitle, page.siblingTitleIndex);
 };
@@ -753,22 +802,10 @@ const handleModifiedPage = async (
     throwForMindTouchResponse(response, "Error moving/renaming page");
   }
 
-  // Match handleNewPage article types based on placement under the cover.
+  // Placement: cover children are topic-guide; nested pages are topic.
   if (isMoved && coverId && parent) {
-    const bookService = new BookService({
-      bookID: `${subdomain}-${coverId}`,
-    });
-    if (parent["@id"] === coverId) {
-      await bookService.updatePageDetails(pageId, undefined, [
-        "article:topic-guide",
-      ]);
-      await bookService.activateShowOrg(pageId, true);
-      page.article = "topic-guide";
-    } else {
-      await bookService.updatePageDetails(pageId, undefined, ["article:topic"]);
-      await bookService.activateShowOrg(pageId, false);
-      page.article = "article";
-    }
+    const kind = articleKindForPlacement(page["@id"], parent["@id"], coverId);
+    await applyArticleKindToPage(page, kind, subdomain, coverId);
   }
 };
 
@@ -1051,13 +1088,8 @@ const handleImportedPage = async (
     );
     postComment = "Remixer fork";
   }
-  // hasChildren is true if the page has any children
-  if (hasChildren) {
-    contentsBody = RemixerTemplates.POST_CreateBlankTopicGuide + contentsBody;
-  } else {
-    contentsBody =
-      RemixerTemplates.POST_CreateBlankPage("topic") + contentsBody;
-  }
+  const kind = articleKindForPlacement(page["@id"], parent["@id"], coverId);
+  contentsBody = contentTemplateForArticleKind(kind) + contentsBody;
   const postRes = await CXOneFetch({
     scope: "page",
     path: parseInt(pageID, 10),
@@ -1472,7 +1504,7 @@ const runRemixerJob = async ({
         inDeletedBranch,
         autoNumbering,
       );
-
+      console.log("title", title);
       const status = getPageStatus(page);
       const shouldSkip = shouldSkipPage(page, inMatterBranch, status);
 
@@ -1492,6 +1524,9 @@ const runRemixerJob = async ({
 
       try {
         if (status === "new") {
+          if(shouldSkip) {
+            return "success";
+          }
           const parentId = page.parentID ?? "-1";
           const parent = parentId !== "-1" ? byId.get(parentId) : undefined;
           if (parent) {
@@ -1516,6 +1551,9 @@ const runRemixerJob = async ({
             await orderPageAfterPreviousSibling(pageID, page, pages, subdomain);
           }
         } else if (status === "imported") {
+          if(shouldSkip) {
+            return "success";
+          }
           const parentId = page.parentID ?? "-1";
           const parent = parentId !== "-1" ? byId.get(parentId) : undefined;
           if (parent) {
diff --git a/server/util/remixerutils.ts b/server/util/remixerutils.ts
index 2f9862eb7..6a613c026 100644
--- a/server/util/remixerutils.ts
+++ b/server/util/remixerutils.ts
@@ -60,9 +60,14 @@ export const buildRemixerPagePathSegment = (
     : "";
   // Prefer formattedPath so autoNumbering `start` (incl. 0 → `00%3A_…`) is honored.
   const numbering =
-    page.formattedPath?.trim() || page.numberedPath?.trim() || "";
-  return numbering
-    ? `${numbering.padStart(2, "0")}:_${titleSegment}${siblingTitleIndexPostfix}`
+  page.numberedPath?.trim() ||page.formattedPath?.trim() ||  "";
+  const parts = numbering.split(".");
+  if (parts.length > 0) {
+    parts[parts.length - 1] = parts[parts.length - 1]!.padStart(2, "0");
+  }
+  const paddedNumbering = numbering ? parts.join(".") : "";
+  return paddedNumbering
+    ? `${paddedNumbering}:_${titleSegment}${siblingTitleIndexPostfix}`
     : titleSegment;
 };
 export const generatePagePath = (parent: string, title: string): string => {
@@ -128,7 +133,9 @@ export const getPageStatus = (page: RemixerSubPageState): RemixerPageStatus => {
 export const shouldSkipPage = (page: RemixerSubPageState, inMatterBranch: boolean, status: RemixerPageStatus): boolean => {
   const pathLen = page.pathNumber?.length ?? 0;
   const isBookRoot = pathLen === 0;
-  return isBookRoot || inMatterBranch || status === "unchanged";
+  const pageStatus = getPageStatus(page);
+  const isDeleteNoExisting = page.isDeleted && (pageStatus === "imported" || pageStatus === "new") || false;
+  return isBookRoot || inMatterBranch || status === "unchanged" || isDeleteNoExisting;
 };
 
 /**