Publishing a post automatically at a set time

[Ank]

Hello, Is there a way to publish a post at a particular time automatically?
For example - I being a moderator has to publish a post sometimes at off hours. For that I have to login again and click post. Is there a feature which can allow me to publish the post according to the time I set.

Help! Thanks.

[ondrej]

Hey Ank

Currently there is no scheduled posting in topics as far as I am aware. However, since you are a moderator you can schedule topics to be published at a set time

How to create a Timed Topic

If you would like to create a topic that can be published at a later date this guide will show you how. You may also be looking for how to schedule a topic, how to delay a topic posting, or how to create a topic in the future. These are the basic steps, and then I’ll go through each step in detail: Create a new topic and publish it to a private category Click the admin “wrench” icon next to the first post of the topic Select “Set Topic Timer…” Choose the publish time and select the category y…

Hope this helps

[Ank]

@ondrej hey thankyou it is helpful, but is it possible on a public category (let say “Updates”) instead of private category (staff)?

[ondrej]

Yes it is possible to use this feature in a public category. For example you could publish this topic from #feature into #ux.

The staff category was used in that topic for demo purposes. Usually you type something in staff as a draft and once finished it is published into a public category.

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

Yes. You set a topic timer so the topic is recategorized from a hidden (to the user) category, into a public category.