start new post with predefined blogpost template

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  trickstar · Member · Mar 28, 2010 at 2:15 pm

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  Hi,

  I wonder if it’s possible to have “new post” not show a blank textarea, but a template which has been predefined before. As of know I save my posting template as a draft, and have to copy it by hand for every new post. Would be sooooo helpful to have a posting template with some structural and layout information already!

  Any idea how to get this?

  Thanks

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  designsimply · Member · Mar 28, 2010 at 5:14 pm

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  You can’t pre-populate the new post page in WordPress.com, but that’s something you could customize in WordPress.org if you wanted to.

  But I’d recommend something like Texter or TextExpander for that.

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  jkylerchristie · Member · Apr 5, 2010 at 3:49 pm

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  Hi,
  I’d like some clarification, please. designsimply posted that you could pre-populate a new post using WordPress.org. Does this mean that in order to do this, my blog must be hosted using my own URL and not myblog.wordpress.com? I went to the WordPress.org and downloaded WordPress 2.9.2, and the installation instructions seemed to indicate this.
  Thanks!

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Apr 5, 2010 at 4:08 pm

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  Yes, you will have to host your own site in order to use WordPress.org software.
  Here is an article that details the differences between wp.org and wp.com:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org