What you see in the calendar
Each proposal is an entry on the day and time it will be published, with its thumbnail, the time and one icon per network with that network’s status (scheduled, published, failed). If a proposal goes to several networks, it is shown only once with the count of networks.
You can move through months and weeks and open any proposal from its entry.
Create content from the calendar
- “Generate post” in the header creates a new proposal.
- Tap a specific day or hour to create a proposal already placed on that date (“Create post on this day”, “Create post at this time”).
ōrbita’s monthly proposals arrive with a date and time already set and appear in the calendar with the status “In progress”. Only proposals created by hand can be left without a date: those live in the Drafts view of the calendar and jump into the calendar as soon as you give them a network and a date.
Key dates
Key dates is the list of days that matter to that business: campaigns, high season, anniversaries, industry fairs. ōrbita fills them in from the seasonal calendar of the communication strategy and you add your own with “Add date”. You can filter them and decide whether you also see past ones.
Key dates feed the monthly writing: the month’s proposals take into account what is on the calendar for that sector.
Take the calendar to your Google Calendar
You can see your posts, tasks with a date and key dates in your Google Calendar, or in Apple Calendar and Outlook with an iCal link. It is output only: everything is changed in ōrbita. The steps, what is sent and the notices are in ōrbita in your Google Calendar. What is already in your Google Calendar carries the mark «In Google Calendar» in this calendar, and you can filter by it.
Email and notification notices
- If a network rejects the post, you get an email with the reason and the link to retry.
- If a scheduled post goes to a network that is not connected, about 30 minutes before you get an email and a notification with the text and the material ready to publish by hand. The Schedule step tells you which networks those are before you confirm.
- If all its networks are connected, ōrbita publishes without notifying you. If you want the notice anyway, turn on “Notify me by email and notification” when scheduling.
- A draft sends no notice. The publishing guide explains it.