{"id":6140,"date":"2018-03-22T18:26:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T17:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skytechng.com\/blog\/blog\/?p=389"},"modified":"2018-09-06T14:18:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T13:18:38","slug":"how-to-schedule-joomla-articles-to-be-published-in-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skytechng.com\/blog\/joomla\/how-to-schedule-joomla-articles-to-be-published-in-future\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Schedule Joomla Articles to Be Published in Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">One of the most useful\u00a0<a title=\"Content is what you create in your Joomla Content Management System to display as web pages to your site visitors.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joomlashack.com\/glossary\/c\/content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">content<\/a>\u00a0management features in Joomla is the &#8220;Start Publishing&#8221; option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Start publishing allows us to decide the date when an existing\u00a0<a title=\"Articles are what you create in your Joomla system to publish to your site visitors as web pages.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joomlashack.com\/glossary\/a\/article\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>\u00a0will be published automatically in future. This allows you to create time-sensitive\u00a0<a title=\"Content is what you create in your Joomla Content Management System to display as web pages to your site visitors.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joomlashack.com\/glossary\/c\/content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">content<\/a>before you need it, and thus, you can publish it while you&#8217;re still in bed or on vacation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In this post, I&#8217;m going to\u00a0explain how you can schedule\u00a0<a title=\"Articles are what you create in your Joomla system to publish to your site visitors as web pages.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joomlashack.com\/glossary\/a\/article\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">articles<\/a>\u00a0to be published in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Step #1. Create a new article<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Go to Content<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Articles<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Add New Article<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"StepImage\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joomlashack.com\/images\/blog\/publish-future-articles\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Add a new Joomla article\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Now create your Joomla article. Fill in all the details such as title, content,\u00a0<a title=\"Categories are containers of your site content items. They help you to organize your content articles into a hierarchical structure.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joomlashack.com\/glossary\/c\/category\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">category<\/a>\u00a0and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Step #2. Set the start publishing date<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Let&#8217;s define the future date when you want this article to be available for your site&#8217;s visitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Go to the\u00a0<strong>Publishing\u00a0<\/strong>tab.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Choose a date in the\u00a0<strong>Start Publishing<\/strong>\u00a0field<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"StepImage\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joomlashack.com\/images\/blog\/publish-future-articles\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Schedule a Joomla article to publish in the future\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Optional: if you want to define a date to unpublish the article, select a date in the\u00a0<strong>Finish Publishing<\/strong>\u00a0field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"StepImage\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joomlashack.com\/images\/blog\/publish-future-articles\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Schedule a Joomla article to unpublish in the future\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Click &#8220;Save &amp; Close&#8221; when you&#8217;re done.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Step #3. End result<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If everything was setup correctly, the article will be published automatically based on the &#8220;Start publishing&#8221; option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In your Joomla articles screen, your content will show a yellow exclamation mark. You&#8217;ll also see a tooltip with the status &#8220;Published, but is Pending&#8221; and the date the article will appear on your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"StepImage\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joomlashack.com\/images\/blog\/publish-future-articles\/pending.png\" alt=\"a pending article in Joomla\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If an article has a Finished Publishing date that has passed, you&#8217;ll see a yellow clock icon. You&#8217;ll also see a tooltip with the status &#8220;Published, but has Expired&#8221;, together with both the start and finish publishing dates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"StepImage\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joomlashack.com\/images\/blog\/publish-future-articles\/expired.png\" alt=\"an expired article in Joomla\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most useful\u00a0content\u00a0management features in Joomla is the &#8220;Start Publishing&#8221; option. Start publishing allows us to decide the date when an existing\u00a0article\u00a0will be published automatically in future. This allows you to create time-sensitive\u00a0contentbefore you need it, and thus, you can publish it while you&#8217;re still in bed or on vacation. 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