Daniel Felice

Post To The Future

// August 1st, 2008 // Project Blogger

I mentioned in an earlier post that I would be away for the first week in August, meaning that I would not be able to post as often as I would normally have liked.

The current post you are reading was created on Wednesday July 28 at about 2pm GMT. Right now, on August 1st, I am in Malta probably on a boat enjoying the nice sunshine while sipping Coca Cola in a glass bottle.

I have not got my laptop with me, nor do I even have an internet connection. Just me on this tiny island without any pressures of work!

WordPress has a great feature that allows you to post into the future. As I knew that I would be away for a week in August, I created a few posts before I left so it would appear I was still sitting in front of my laptop each day.

WordPress users have the ability to write a post and then select the day they wish it to be published. Users can set it for a few hours later, a few days or even a few years!

When on the “Write Post” page within WordPress, on the right menu just above “Save” and “Publish” you will see “Publish immediately. Edit” If you click “edit”, a little drop down window will open that will enable you to select the time and date that you wish your post to be published.

Once you have completed these steps and you finishing writing your new post, enter your tags and category and then publish the post as you normally would.

If you visit your blog on the date and time specified as the future post, you will now see your article published as if you did it then and there!

I have created a few posts to be published while I am on my holiday to keep the blog new and updated. I hate when I don’t make a post for more than two days!