How do I schedule a picture, video, or writing?
Supporters can schedule pictures, videos, and writings to be published later. Pick a date and time, and we'll publish it for you.
Until it's published, a scheduled post is only visible to you on your Scheduled Posts page. It doesn't show up on your profile or in anyone's feed.
Scheduling a post
- Start a new picture, video, or writing as usual (you can also open one of your draft writings)
- Open the dropdown next to "Upload Your Picture," "Upload Your Video," or "Publish Writing"
- Choose "Schedule Picture," "Schedule Video," or "Schedule Writing"
- Under "Publish On," pick the date, time, and timezone
- Select "Schedule Picture" (or "Schedule Picture Set"), "Schedule Video," or "Schedule Writing"
For pictures and videos, the dropdown appears once you've chosen a file.
The timezone starts out as your device's timezone, and you can't pick a time in the past.
Managing your scheduled posts
Open the account menu and select "Scheduled Posts," or go to https://fetlife.com/scheduled_posts
Each post shows when it will be published. Select the three-dots menu next to a post to:
- Publish Now: publish it right away
- Edit: change the post or pick a new time under "Publish On"
- Delete: delete it so it never gets published
To unschedule a writing without deleting it, choose "Edit," close the "Publish On" section with the "X," then select "Publish Writing" to post it now or "Save as Draft" to keep it as a draft.
Good to know
- Your avatar can't be scheduled. If you check "Use as Avatar," the scheduling option goes away. If you don't have an avatar yet, your first picture becomes your avatar, so it has to be uploaded right away.
- Videos still need to finish processing. If yours is still processing at the time you picked, it publishes as soon as it's ready. "Publish Now" shows up once processing is done.
- If your support ends, what you already scheduled still gets published on time, and you can still edit or delete it. To schedule anything new, support FetLife again.