Draft of a Post

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  byronchristopher · Member · Sep 13, 2012 at 4:27 pm

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  I’m working on a DRAFT of a post. I don’t want the post published yet, but I would like to see what the draft looks like. How do I work on a draft of a post and see what it looks like without posting it for the world to see? Thanks much.
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  thegiddygoat · Member · Sep 13, 2012 at 4:41 pm

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  Next to the ‘Save Draft’ button is a ‘Preview’ button. You can click that to see how your work looks as you go along.

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  byronchristopher · Member · Sep 13, 2012 at 4:55 pm

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  I don’t see a draft button on the page that came up after I clicked on ‘New Post’. There are places where you click to write a post, another to click to post a photo, post a quote, etc. And there’s a publish post button, but no draft button.

  Is there another way to put up a draft besides going to the ‘New Post’ button on the top right hard corner?

  Thanks

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  thegiddygoat · Member · Sep 13, 2012 at 4:58 pm

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  Save draft and preview are on the right, below the word ‘Publish’

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  byronchristopher · Member · Sep 13, 2012 at 5:00 pm

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  That’s not what I have on my screen. I have a publish button and directly beneath that is a black bar and my blog.

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  byronchristopher · Member · Sep 13, 2012 at 5:01 pm

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  There is absolutely no ‘save draft’ or ‘preview’ on the screen I’m working on, yet when I published a story about a week ago, there was one. I used it all hte time. So I need to get back to that page, but it can’t be done by clicking on New Post.

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  thegiddygoat · Member · Sep 13, 2012 at 5:04 pm

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  Everyone has a save draft and preview button. If you are looking for your Draft it’s in Dashboard>All posts

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  justpi · Member · Sep 13, 2012 at 5:09 pm

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  1) “New Post” is an option in the grey admin bar. It’s meant for quick posting. For drafts and all, you need to use the regular post editor: dashboard sidebar > Posts > Add New (to create a new post), or Posts > All Posts (to edit an existing one).

  2) But! there’s a glitch with drafts: their content may disappear when you try to publish them. Better turn the post visibility to private when you start a new post, and publish it instead of keeping it as a draft. This way you (and only you) can also see how the post looks like on your actual blog, and you turn it to public when finished.

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  byronchristopher · Member · Sep 13, 2012 at 5:13 pm

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  Thank you, that was an informed response. I’ll try that instead. Was about to send a screen capture of what I was seeing on the ‘New Post’ page, but couldn’t send the screen capture. Thanks for your help on this. Appreciated.