Write & Publish a Post

Write & Publish a Post

Publishing a new article should be straightforward: write the content, make a few deliberate editorial choices, and decide when readers should see it.

This guide walks through that process in VerdinCore, from a new Draft to a published Post. Along the way, you will add structure, choose an image, organize the article with Topics when available, and verify its public appearance.

In this guide:

1. Create a Post and enter its essentials.

2. Write and format the article.

3. Add an image and optional discovery settings.

4. Save a Draft.

5. Publish and check the result.

Before you begin: Sign in with an account permitted to create Posts (Editor, Admin, or Superadmin). Have a title, a short summary, and the article's main content ready. A featured image is optional.

1. Create a new Post

In the Dashboard, open Posts and select Add Post. VerdinCore opens the New Post screen.

The central writing area contains three fields:

Start with the title and excerpt, then move into the Content editor. On the left, the Status selector starts at Draft; the Access setting starts at Public on the right.

VerdinCore also generates the Post's Slug from its title. The Slug field is displayed in the left sidebar but is read-only for Posts. You do not need to type or maintain it separately.

((Screenshot from VerdinCore Admin > Dashboard > Posts: show the Posts list with its Add Post action in the upper-right area. Use a few non-sensitive example posts in the table, if available. Frame the page title, Add Post button, and the first rows; approximately 1600 × 900. Suggested caption: "Start a new publication from the Posts dashboard."))

2. Write and structure the article

The visual editor lets you shape the article while writing it. Use paragraphs for the main narrative and headings to give longer pieces a readable structure. The toolbar includes controls for Heading 2–4, bold, italic, bulleted and numbered lists, links, blockquotes, and code blocks. It also provides insertion controls for images, tables, and embedded content.

For our example article, a simple structure could look like this:

Introducing the New Documentation

Why the documentation changed
  A short explanation of the problem being solved.

What you can explore
  An overview of the most useful sections.

Where to start
  Links to the Product overview and practical guides.

The Title field supplies the article's main title; headings inside the body organize the sections beneath it. You do not have to recreate the title as another heading in the editor.

A few practical choices make a difference:

• Use descriptive headings. Readers should be able to scan the page and understand its structure.

• Write links that identify their destination. “Explore the publishing guides” is more useful than “click here.”

• Add a table when information genuinely benefits from comparison. Not every list needs a grid.

• Use code blocks for code, rather than manually spacing paragraphs to resemble code.

The editor also displays Words and Reading Time in the Post Info panel, giving you useful context while preparing a longer publication.

((Screenshot from VerdinCore Admin > New Post: fill the Title and Excerpt with the example above; write two or three realistic sections containing an H2 heading, normal paragraphs, one bulleted list, and a link. Show the toolbar and central editor clearly; include the Post Info panel if framing allows. Approximately 1920 × 1080. Suggested caption: "Write and structure the article in the visual editor, with publication controls close at hand."))

For detailed editing controls, see The Visual Editor and Tables & Embeds.

3. Add a featured image and organize discovery

These steps are optional, but they help turn a finished text into a publication that fits naturally into the website.

Choose a featured image

In the right sidebar, find Featured image. Select Choose image, or drag an image into the image area. After a successful upload, the image appears in the panel. Use Clear image if you want to remove the selection.

A featured image serves a different purpose from an image placed within the article body. It can be used by the site's presentation for article cards, headers, and social previews. VerdinCore prepares purpose-specific image outputs as part of its media processing.

For an image inside the article, use Insert image from the editor toolbar instead. The two controls are not interchangeable.

Select Topics, if relevant

Open Select Topics in the right sidebar. If Topic Groups and Topics have been configured, choose the subjects that genuinely describe the article. You can select more than one.

For example, a post about the new documentation might belong to Product Updates and Documentation, provided those Topics exist in your installation. Do not add Topics merely to increase their number; useful classification is more valuable than excessive classification.

Topic-driven public navigation and discovery depend on the site's configuration and theme. Selecting a Topic does not guarantee that a particular Topics section will appear on every website.

((Screenshot from VerdinCore Admin > Edit Post: show a realistic featured image already selected in the right sidebar, together with the Select Topics control opened to display two or three relevant Topics under their groups. Crop to emphasize the right-hand panels and a portion of the article title; approximately 1400 × 950. Hide personal data. Suggested caption: "Choose an article image and associate the Post with relevant Topics."))

4. Check the publication settings and save a Draft

Before publishing, check the controls surrounding the editor. For a normal, publicly discoverable article, the following choices are a sensible starting point:

Important: Unlisted is not a privacy setting. A published, public Post marked Unlisted can still be reached through its direct URL. Likewise, Members Only is a separate access mode for signed-in readers, not a paid subscription feature; its availability depends on how the site is configured.

Now leave Status set to Draft and select Save in the left sidebar. On a successful first save, VerdinCore creates the Post and opens its edit screen, where you can continue working on it.

Saving is deliberate. Do not assume changes have been stored until you have used Save and the operation has succeeded. The current editor is not presented as an autosave or revision-history system.

There is also a Preview action beside Save, but it is available for a published Post. It is not a private preview of an unpublished Draft.

5. Publish the Post

When the article is ready:

1. Read through the content and confirm the title, excerpt, links, and images.

2. In the left sidebar, change Status from Draft to Published.

3. Confirm Access is Public if the article is intended for everyone.

4. Select Save.

5. Use Preview on the saved, published Post to open its public URL in a new tab.

VerdinCore now treats the Post as published. Its public presentation is determined by the active website theme and the site's configuration.

((Screenshot from VerdinCore Admin > Edit Post: show the saved example Post with Status set to Published, the title visible, and the Preview and Save actions clearly framed in the left sidebar. Include the Public access setting in the right sidebar if possible without making the controls too small. Approximately 1920 × 1080. Suggested caption: "Choose Published and save to make the article available to its intended audience."))

Check the published result

Open the public Post and inspect it as a reader would. Verify that the headings are in the right order, any images and tables display correctly, and links lead to the intended destinations. If you assigned Topics or a featured image, inspect the relevant listing or article-card views where the site exposes them.

((Screenshot from the public VerdinCore website: open the example published Post, showing the title, featured image if the theme uses it, the opening paragraphs, and at least one formatted heading. Capture the actual frontend rather than the editor; approximately 1600 × 1000. Suggested caption: "The finished Post, rendered in the website's public theme."))

If something needs improvement, return to Posts, select Edit, make the correction, and Save again. A published Post can be edited without creating a separate article.

Prefer to publish later?

VerdinCore also supports scheduling. For a new Post, the current workflow has two saves:

1. Choose Scheduled and save the Post for the first time.

2. On its saved edit screen, set Scheduled Publishing (UTC) to a date and time from tomorrow onward in UTC, then save again.

A configured maintenance job publishes due Posts. The release therefore depends on that job running; it should not be described as guaranteed to go live at an exact second.

For the complete lifecycle, including archiving and republishing, see Publishing Workflows.

Quick checks when something seems wrong

Ready for the next article

Once you have published one Post, the process is repeatable: write, organize, choose the audience, save, and publish. The editor handles the content; the surrounding controls make the publishing decision explicit.

For related workflows, explore Images & Media, Topics & Discovery, and Visibility & Access.