Writing posts
Writing on Floggy happens in a full-screen editor, not a small box wedged into the dashboard. This guide covers writing, publishing, and managing your posts.
The editor
From your dashboard, open Posts and click New Post. This opens the full-view editor, built on a rich (Tiptap) writing surface. You get a clean, distraction-light page with room to actually write.
A post has these parts:
- Cover image - an optional image shown at the top of the post.
- Title - required.
- Excerpt - an optional short summary used in listings and previews.
- Content - your main writing, with rich formatting (headings, lists, quotes, links, images, and more).
Your work is saved as you go, so you can leave and come back.
Drafts vs published
Every post has a Status:
- Draft - only you can see it. This is where posts start.
- Published - live on your site (subject to visibility, below).
You can flip a post between draft and published at any time from the editor, or in bulk from the posts list.
Visibility
Separate from status, each post has a Visibility setting that controls who can reach it once published:
| Visibility | Who can see it |
|---|---|
| Public | Anyone. Shows up on your blog and in listings. |
| Link only | Anyone with the direct link, but it's not listed publicly. |
| Private | Only you. |
Use Link only for something you want to share with a few people without putting it on your homepage.
Images and uploads
Add a cover image at the top of the editor, and drop images directly into your content while writing. Uploads are hosted for you - no separate image host needed.
Publishing and promoting
When you create a post, you can opt into a publishing flow that automatically creates a small set of linked tasks (draft, edit, publish, promote) so you can track a post from idea to launch. This is optional and off unless you turn it on.
The first time you publish a public post, Floggy can offer to send it to your newsletter subscribers, if you have the newsletter set up. See the newsletter section in Settings for details.
Scheduling and backdating
Posts can be scheduled: a published post with a future date shows up in your posts list with a "scheduled" badge until its time comes. In the posts list you can filter by All, Published, Scheduled, and Draft to keep track.
Setting a specific future publish time or backdating a post to an earlier date is handled through the CLI, which gives you precise control over publish dates.
Managing your posts
The Posts page is your control center:
- Search posts by title.
- Filter by status (all, published, scheduled, draft).
- Sort by date, title, or views.
- Bulk actions: select multiple posts to publish, unpublish, or delete them at once.
- Copy URL to grab a post's public link, or open it in a new tab.
- Views show next to each post so you can see what's landing.
Tags help you group related posts together and are carried with your content when you export. If you invite collaborators, co-authored posts appear under the Co-Authored tab.