Schedule your news

Modified on Tue, 3 Jan, 2023 at 4:58 PM

Schedule your news (written instructions)

You can create a News item in advance and set it to publish on a particular date in the future.

Ensure that you are logged in to your website. You should be able to see the black admin toolbar at the top of your screen.

The Home page of a GPsurgery.net website, with the admin toolbar visible at the top of the screen.

Hover your mouse over the + New button on the admin toolbar. Select News from the drop-down menu.

The + New button on the admin toolbar, with News highlighted in the drop-down menu.

Write your news item as usual.

A new news article, with a title and further information in the main text box.

In the Publish box, click Edit next to the Publish date section.

The Publish box, with the Edit button in the Publish date section highlighted

Select the date and time you would like to publish your news. Take note: you choose the month first, then the day of the month and finally the year.

The publish date section, with Month selected.

Click on OK. This will save your publish date.

The publish section, with the OK button highlighted.

Click the blue Schedule button. This saves your post and schedules it to be posted on your chosen date.

The Publish box, with the Schedule button highlighted.

Your post will now be scheduled, and will be posted automatically on the day you selected.

preview of the new article