Do you know that you can create, edit and publish a post for a Facebook page, and even save it as a draft? Yes, it is possible. Facebook has made this possible by adding a new feature on their platform called save drafts to make writing articles and publishing easier for those most concerned.
This feature allows most administrators to create, save, and edit post drafts whenever they want, inasmuch as they are the administrators or editors of such Facebook pages. With this tool, they can save and begin editing their saved works later on.
However, if you have a Facebook business page or personal Facebook profile that you feel you can save a draft for but do not know how to do it, then follow us on this piece as we bring to you the steps on how you can create, edit, save and publish your posts.
About Facebook
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004, and since its launch 2004, Facebook has evolved from one stage to another as days passed by. It is one of the world’s most popular and most use social media platforms, among other social media platforms such as Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, TickTock, and other social media platforms that young people spend their time on nowadays.
Recently, Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook social media is now owned under Meta. Facebook is one platform that millions of people subscribe to, with so many accounts, some have two to three accounts depending on one challenge or the other. You can learn more about Facebook at www.facebook.com
Steps on How to Create and Edit or Publish Post Draft for Facebook Page
Creating Post Via Publishing Tools
The Publishing tools have a special feature on the Facebook Pages that enable creators to access all their posts on the Page at a spot and create their Facebook draft post. There are the steps to follow in order to achieve this:
- Log in to your Facebook account.
- At the newsfeed corner, click Pages in the left sidebar.
- Under Pages, click on your page You Manage’ section.
- You will be redirected to your Facebook Homepage tab
- From the Manage Page, click on Publishing Tools
- Under the post section, click on drafts.
- Next, click on the Create button so as to open the window for creating your post
- Then you will see create your post.
- When you are done, click on the Save as Draft button.
- Then you have saved your post successfully.
Creating Post Via Studio Creator
If you want to edit your post drafts through the use of Creator Studio when you log in move to the Content Library that shows Posts and Drafts.
1. Then click on the draft you want to edit and click Edit Post.
2. When you are done editing, click Save, to save your post
3. Again still select the draft and click on Publish to publish your post
4. But if you want to schedule the post for a later date, click on the schedule
Facebook Drafts for Personal Profile
When a post is created and it’s not published immediately, there should be an option that will help you to save the post as a draft.
Now for you to get back to that draft you created earlier, just log into Facebook and click on the What’s On Your Mind box in your News Feed where you usually compose your post. There is the draft you saved in the box waiting to be shared. Tap on publish it, if you are ready to make a post.
This process is applicable to Facebook on the web or mobile app users, although there are some differences.
- Note that the Facebook draft that you save on one device, will not sync with the one in the app on your other devices or the web.
- Until you create a new post, the draft you saved will continue to be there. The draft you save will only remain until you create a new post, or edit the old draft before it will disappear
Facebook Web Page Drafts
If you save a draft for a Facebook page you manage you should know that the same way as others do, because here, you have a central location for all of your drafts, which you can edit and publish, edit, or even remove them.
This is how you can locate your drafts,
- Move to your Facebook page.
- Then select Pages on the left.
- You only choose pages, if you have more than one.
- You will be directed to the Meta Business Suite
- From the Meta Business Suite section, select pick Publishing tools
- Then select Drafts, that is where you will find all saved drafts.
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Reviewing and Editing Drafts
Now if you want to review your posts or make some changes to a particular draft, then select the draft and open it. Make your edits. And you can preview the post before posting it.
- But before then, please save the work through these steps:
- Select Save to save your new changes on the draft.
- Then select Publish now or Schedule post.
- Finally, select Cancel to discard the changes you have made.
Publishing a Draft
After you have known how to create a post, know how to edit it, and how to save it the next thing you should know how to do is publish the post you have created. However, if you want to schedule or publish your draft immediately, you just have to hover your cursor over the list of the drafts you have made, and then select the three dots, from there you will pick the one you want from the options.
Conclusion
If you have a Facebook business page or personal Facebook profile that you feel you can save a draft for but don’t know how to do it, and you have followed us on the steps on how you can create, edit, save, and publish your posts, then congratulations to you.
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