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Write and publish a post

Write in the post editor, preview the post, publish it or schedule it, and read the five labels a post can carry.

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A post is a draft until you publish it, and nobody but your team can see a draft. Your post saves as you type, so there is no Save button to forget.

  1. Start a post

    In Blog, press New post. If you have saved templates, an arrow beside the button offers Blank post, each of your templates and Manage templates. See Categories, authors and featured posts.

  2. Add a title, then write

    Type the title at the top, and a subtitle under it if you want one, then write in the body. Markdown shortcuts work: # for a heading, - for a bullet, 1. for a numbered list, > for a quote. Select text for bold, italic, strikethrough, headings, lists, a quote and a link, or press Ctrl or Cmd and K to add a link.

    Press / on an empty line for the block menu: pictures, galleries, videos, embeds, tables, link cards, quotes, code, toggles, buttons, and cards for your courses, events, products and pages. See What you can put in a post.

  3. Watch it save

    The indicator at the top reads Editing, Saving… and Saved as you work. History brings back an earlier version of the post.

  4. Check it

    Preview opens the post in a new tab as a reader will see it, from what you have written so far. It works while the blog is off too. The gauge beside it shows the post's score out of 100: press it for a checklist of things worth fixing before you publish, such as a title that fits in search results, a cover picture and a description on every picture.

  5. Publish

    Press Publish. The first time, if your blog has subscribers, Drry asks whether to email the post to them. See Email new posts to your subscribers. When it is live, a message offers View post and Copy link. The arrow beside Publish has Schedule for later…: see Schedule posts and use the calendar.

A post needs a title before it can go live. Its link, the last part of its address, follows the title while the post is a draft that has never been live. Once you type a link yourself, or the post has been live, the link only changes when you change it. See Search results and link previews.

The five post labels

Every post carries one of five labels, on the Posts list and at the top of the editor. Draft means nobody can read it yet, and it is also what a post you took down becomes, with every word kept. Scheduled means it is a draft that goes live on its own at the time you set. Published means it is live and readers see exactly what the editor shows. Unpublished changes means it is live but has edits readers do not see until you press Update. Published, blog off means it is live, but your blog is switched off, so nobody can read it until you turn the blog back on.

The Posts list has filters with the same names: All, Drafts, Scheduled, Published and Unpublished changes. Scheduled and Unpublished changes appear once a post is in that state. Published lists every live post, including ones with changes waiting and ones on a blog that is off.

After it is live

Changes to a live post wait as a draft until you press Update, so readers never see half an edit. An update never emails anybody. See Edit a published post.

To email a post you have already published, open its menu and pick Email this post. It makes a draft email you can edit and send from Emails. See Email a post to your members.

Delete a post

You can delete a post that is not live: open its menu and pick Delete post, or Delete on the Posts list. It cannot be undone. A live post shows Unpublish to delete instead, so take it down first.

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