Can I Save Posts as Drafts on SocialPilot?
Drafting posts and revisiting them later, or sharing them with team members for feedback, is a crucial part of effective content management. SocialPilot provides robust features for saving posts as drafts, allowing for better collaboration and error reduction. Additionally, you can save feed content for future use.
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Create and Save Posts as Drafts
Saving posts as drafts allows you to prepare content and revisit it later.
Here is how to do it:
- Access your SocialPilot dashboard and click on Posts in the main navigation menu.
- Select Create Post to start drafting your content.
- Enter your content into the text box provided. You can include text, images, and other media as needed.
- Click on the Save As Draft button located next to the Add to Queue button. This action saves your post in the Drafts section, allowing you to return to it later.
You can access the Drafts under the 'Drafts' tab, where you can view, edit, or schedule them as needed.
đź’ˇ Note: Post Composer interface is collapsible, meaning you can minimize it to keep your workspace uncluttered. You can easily return to your draft at any time by expanding the composer.
⚠️ Note: Among the two options, Save as Draft and Save Draft with Date, the one you select for saving your draft will be set as the default option for that button. The next time you go to save your draft, the default option that you used the last time will be visible on the button as the first option.
Save Drafts With Dates
Saving drafts with specific dates enhances your content planning and organization. This feature allows you to see all drafts, queued, and published posts in a unified calendar view.
Follow these steps to save drafts with dates:
- Ensure you are logged in to access the content creation features.
- Click on Posts and then Create Post.
- Draft your post in the provided text box.
- Click on the Save as Draft button. From the dropdown menu, select Save Draft with Date.
Now select the date and time you want to save the draft for.
Your drafts will now be visible in the calendar view alongside queued and published posts. You can easily drag and drop content cards to adjust their dates and times. The calendar view allows for seamless editing, scheduling, and rescheduling of drafts.
How to Access the Drafts With Dates?
Follow the steps to access Drafts with dates:
- To access the Calendar view, go to Posts >> Calendar.
- Here, you will be able to see queued posts, published posts, and drafts with dates and times added to them with a Draft badge on them.
There are filters available on the calendar that can help you see posts based on their STATUS including Queued, Delivered, and Draft.
đź“‹ Note: Drafts without dates assigned to them cannot be seen on the content calendar.
Saving drafts with or without dates is completely the users’ choice. Both options are available. However, since saving drafts with dates makes them visible on the content calendar, taking them into account while planning your content for the upcoming week or month becomes easier.
Other than being on the calendar, drafts with dates behave exactly like drafts without dates.
You can as easily change or remove dates on a draft.
Here’s how:
- Go to Posts >> Drafts or find the draft in the Calendar.
In the Drafts list, click on the time stamp to change it.
In the calendar view, clicking on the draft card will open it, and you can click on the dates to change it.
- To delete the dates, click on the Edit icon on the draft card to open it in full view.
Now click on the time button or on the Update Draft with Date to open the time picker pop-up.
At the bottom of the pop-up, there is a Remove button. To remove the dates, click on that button.
Now this draft will not be visible on the calendar, but it still will be present on the Drafts list.