Publishing Posts

Purpose

Posts are dated content — news, announcements, captain's reports, match round-ups. They power your /news (or /blog) section and feed the newsletter and social schedulers.

When to use this

Use a Post when the content has a publication date and is time-sensitive. Use a Page for evergreen content.

Key fields

Title — appears as the headline.
Slug — URL fragment. Defaults to the title.
Excerpt — 1-2 sentence summary. Appears on category pages and in the newsletter. Write one — it dramatically improves click-through.
Featured image — the hero image. Used by social shares and the blog index. Aim for 1600×900 px.
Categories — pick from the Blog Categories taxonomy. Two or three max.
Layout — block-based body. See Page Builder.
Publish date — controls when the post becomes visible. Setting it in the future schedules the post.
Status — Draft / Published.
SEO — meta description, OG image. Falls back to the Excerpt and Featured image.

Common tasks

Write a news post

Content > Posts, Create New.
Title, Excerpt, Featured image.
Body in Layout — usually a single Rich Text block plus an optional Gallery.
Pick Categories.
Status = Draft → Preview → fix anything → Status = Published → Save.

Schedule a post

Set the Publish date to a future date and time.
Set Status = Published (yes, even though it's in the future).
Save. The post stays hidden until the publish date.

Pin a post

Each Post has a Featured boolean. Toggle it on to surface the post on the homepage and blog index.

Gotchas

Featured image is required for social shares to look right. If you skip it, social platforms grab whatever they can find — usually your logo.
Categories aren't tags — don't create one per post. They're for high-level grouping (Club News, Competitions, Membership).
The AEO indexer auto-extracts FAQs from your posts. If you write ## What time does the bar open? it may surface in the FAQ widget — useful or surprising, depending on intent.