You can watch the full video tutorial below or continue reading for written instructions:
Creating a New Template
Templates are where you create all your party posts, all in one list. That way, you'll be able to schedule an entire party's worth of posts all at once!
First, select Templates from your dashboard menu.
Click the New Template button.
Type in a name for your template, and click Create.
A new window will pop up, click Create Post
Now we can begin adding posts and content to our template.
When creating a new post, there are two main sections can be filled in:
MESSAGE and MEDIA
MESSAGE (optional)
Type or paste in any text you want to be included in this post.
Add any website or video links to the Message box.
Use the Text Formatting tools to bold, italicize, or change the font, and the Emoji selection to add emojis to the post.
Note: If using Replacement Tokens like [host] or [link] in your message, keep those tokens free from any text formatting changes. They will not be replaced if bold, italicized, or in a different font.
MEDIA (optional)
You can attach up to 15 pieces of media to each post.
There are a few ways to upload media to your post:
Click Browse File to upload photos, GIFs, and/or video files to this post.
Drag your media from a different window and drop it into the Media box.
Use the Design on Canva button to connect to your Canva account, create or select an image, and upload that image directly to that post - all without leaving PostMyParty!
Post Example
Lastly, you will need to select when you want this post to be scheduled for.
Select the Day of Template (this is not the date of the month).
You will select the Day of the party you want this post to be published on.
For example: If you have a three-day-long party, the posts you want to publish on the first day of the party would be labeled Day 1, posts for the second day labeled as Day 2, and finally Day 3.
Later when you schedule this template to post to Facebook, it will ask you to select the Start Date of your party, and the system will line your posts up with the date you want them to post on.
You'll also need to fill in the Time you want this post to be scheduled for.
Click Create to save this post, or Create And New to save this post and immediately move on to creating the next post.
Your first post has now been created successfully! You can use the Add New Post button at the top of your template to keep adding more party posts to this template.
Editing your Template
You can make changes to your template anytime. Just keep in mind that any changes you make to a template won't show in a party you have already scheduled to post to Facebook.
If you need to navigate back to your template, click Templates from the PostMyParty menu, then click on the name of the template you want to edit or add posts to.
Adjust Post Time: This allows you to adjust all the posts in your template by the time increment you select. Be sure to click Save Changes to save your progress.
For example - Let's say my posts are scheduled for 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, etc.
If I select +5 min (and click Save Changes), my posts would now be scheduled for 1:05pm, 2:05pm, 3:05pm, 4:05pm, and so on.
Actions:
To the left of any post will be several icons, under the Actions Column
Preview: Click this to get an idea of what this post will look like once published to Facebook.
Copy to Library: This will make an identical copy of this post in your Post Library.
Quick Edit: This pops up a window, where you can edit most of your post details.
Edit: This leads you to a new page, where you can edit all of your post details.
Delete: This deletes your post permanently.
Posts that are deleted cannot be recovered.
Additional Notes:
There is no limit on the amount of templates or posts you can create.
We recommend spacing any posts leaving your account by 5 minutes apart minimum, as Facebook doesn't always handle closely-spaced posts well.
Please consider spacing your posts out even further apart if you routinely post to multiple parties at once, to more easily avoid posts multiple posts leaving your account within a short amount of time.
Remember that changes made to templates will not update any parties that you have already scheduled. Changes to templates only affect parties scheduled after those changes are made. If you want to update the party you have to edit the scheduled party.