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August 14, 2003

TypePad Trick #1

I have just discovered a neat trick for dealing with draft posts. In TypePad, a new post can be saved as "draft", "publish now" or "publish on ...". This is all well and good but if you have an entry that is gradually written over a number of days then it can get lost in the list of posts. You have to use filter or the 'List All' and then scan for draft in the status field.

Well here is another way. Save the article as draft. Click on the clock that now appears under the draft option and then pick some day in the future - e.g. the end of the month. This will keep your draft at the top of the entry list when you edit but leave it as a draft entry.

Posted by Ozguru at August 14, 2003 10:08 PM

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By the way, the "publish on ...." option is what I generally use. That means that the article you are reading was probably written some hours before it appears. That gives me time to change my mind and yank the article if I decided (upon reflection) that I don't like it.

Posted by: ozguru at August 14, 2003 10:08 PM