When writing a discussion post or news article (Super Admin only), you can:

• save your work as a draft if you want the flexibility to finish it later;
• schedule it for publishing at a future date, making it easy to complete work in advance.

Save a post or article as a draft

When writing discussion posts and news articles, your work is auto-saved at a frequent interval so you never have to worry about losing it in the event of a browser crash or other unfortunate incident.

For even more peace of mind, you can also manually save your messages and articles as a draft at any time if you need to stop and come back to it later. To do so, click the Save As Draft button at the bottom of the news or message editor.

Save as Draft removes the pressure to finish writing your messages and articles in one sitting, giving you the freedom to return to them when you have time. It also enables you to easily draft content ahead of time and publish it when you're ready.

TIP: The first time you manually save a message as a draft, a message will display that includes a link to your My Contributions page, helping you understand where to go to manage your drafts.

How frequently is my work saved?

To ensure a maximum safety net, your posts and articles are automatically saved any time you're idle for 10 seconds (saves are not initiated if you're actively typing).

NOTE: For news articles, a title must be entered before an auto-save will initiate; for discussion posts, a community must be selected and a subject entered before an auto-save will initiate.

How do I access my drafts?

From your profile, select List of Contributions from the My Contributions menu. Here, you'll see your published content, auto-saved drafts, and manually saved drafts.

To view only your drafts, select View draft items from the filter menu.

To edit a draft, click its title to continue writing.

Schedule a post or article

In addition to saving content as a draft, you can also schedule discussion posts and news articles for publishing at a future date; this is ideal for creating content in advance and ensuring it's published according to a planned schedule, like when you need to drop new content on a weekly or monthly rhythm.

To schedule a post or article, click the Schedule button at the bottom of the news or message editor.

NOTE: You must enter a subject, select a Topic Tag, and have text in the body before you'll be able to schedule.

Then, choose the desired date, and click the clock icon at the bottom of the calendar to choose a specific time.

NOTE: You can schedule news articles and when posting a new discussion post or replying to a post.

How do I access my scheduled content?

From your profile, select List of Contributions from the My Contributions menu. Here, you'll see your published content, auto-saved drafts, and manually saved drafts.

To view only your scheduled content, select View scheduled items from the filter menu.

To edit schedule content, click its title to continue writing.

Can I modify my scheduled content?

You can modify scheduled news articles and discussion posts in the following ways:

• Edit - Scheduled content can be modified up until its scheduled publish date and time. Simply edit the content and click Save.
• Reschedule - At any time prior to its release, you can edit scheduled content and click Reschedule to choose a new scheduled publish date and time.
• Convert to draft - You can edit scheduled content and click Convert to Draft to unschedule the content and convert it to a draft.
• Delete - If you edit a scheduled post or article and click Delete, the scheduled content (once confirmed) is deleted (no copy of the content is saved).