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

Use a Topic Timer to schedule a topic to be published in the future

Topic timers can be used to create a topic that can be scheduled to be published in the future at a later date. All timers can be used by staff (admin & moderators) as well as TL4 users Overview At a high level, these are steps to schedule a topic to be published in the future. 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 you would like it to a…

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.