Scheduling a post, to publish in the future, is not at all a difficult task. Before you hit the "Publish Post" button, simply select the "Post Options" link just above that button, and change the date and / or time to some time in the future. Then, hit the button.
If it takes effect, when you hit the button, instead of getting theYour blog post published successfully!
screen, you'll see the "Edit Posts" menu, with your new post listed, but shown with the "scheduled" notation besides the date / time stamp.
After the indicated date / time, refresh the "Edit Posts" screen, and you'll see that the post is now published. Or refresh the front page of the blog, and the newest post, just published, should be at the top. With dynamic publishing of the blog, you (or another blog reader) will have to do something in the way of reading the blog, to trigger the publishing.
If you're like me, and like to publish posts with a far future date, to keep some posts at the top of the blog, just Publish the post once without changing the date. Then Edit the post, and change the date as you like. The future posting date only takes effect when you change the date on a new post; edit the post after publishing, and the future posting feature is bypassed.
Are you having a problem with scheduled posts? Which scenario applies in your case?- Things that post immediately, when they shouldn't.
- Things that post later, when they should post immediately.
- Things that never post.
What time zones differences might apply, in your case?- Time zone where you live.
- Time zone on your computer.
- Time zone of the blog.
- Is DST in effect?
And look very carefully, at how you typed the post date and time, and at several relevant settings on your blog and you computer. Did you type the date as "mm/dd/yy", or as "dd/mm/yy", for instance?
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When you create a blog, do you just post, endlessly? I don't.
For every new post I make, I update, revise, and relink each post to other posts. And the dashboard "Posts" menu (formerly "Edit Posts") is an essential part of that activity.
From the Blogger dashboard menu, click on "Posts" - and you're there.
In the "Edit Posts" / "Posts" display, you'll see a menu of each post in the blog, with the ability to- Edit (using Post Editor).
- View (using the browser).
- Add, delete, or even edit Labels en masse.
- Identify all posts using a given label.
- Do an onscreen check of the text in that post.
- Delete a post. If you delete, do so very carefully. And do not delete, to quickly clear a post, with the intention of publishing a new post with that same title. You may use the same title, but the post URL will never be the same.
- Review and delete comments published for the post.
The posts will be ordered by post date, as they are when displayed in the blog.
If you don't see the posts that you're expecting to see, check your post type link bar, at the upper right of the posts list.- All
- Drafts
- Scheduled
- Imported
- Published
If "All" is clickable, click on it. If you want to see a list of posts of a specific type ("Draft" posts, "Scheduled" posts, "Imported" posts, or "Published" posts), click on the appropriate link.
If you have missing posts, that are listed in "Edit Posts", but don't show up in the published blog, look at "Drafts", "Imported", or "Scheduled". Posts that are currently "Draft", "Imported", or "Scheduled" won't show up in the blog, online.
You can also re publish or delete multiple posts, using the "Publish Selected" and "Delete Selected" buttons at the bottom of the posts list. Do the latter very carefully, unless you enjoy posting in BHGI deleted a bunch of posts, by accident. Help me!!!
Once you get the warning, and hit the button, you're past the point of no return, so do this carefully!
Also, keep an eye on the contents of the "Search" box left of the button. If you just used the posts search, don't count on clearing that box and seeing all posts displayed again. You'll have to click on "Edit Posts" and refresh the entire screen. Try this and see for yourself, if you don't believe me.
It's an essential tool for me, and it probably will be the same for you.
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