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Why: Understanding how publishing and visibility work is essential to controlling the member experience and avoiding the common issue of content being invisible when you expect it to be shown.
Navigate: App Station > Content Library > Recipes
Quick Start
Set a publish date for your content to control when it appears in the library.
Choose a visibility mode: PUBLIC, MEMBERS, or ASSIGNED.
Assign the appropriate access levels to your content.
For weekly schedules, add content to the schedule to ensure it appears in the "This Week" block.
Use the featured option to highlight important content.
The Three Controls
Every content item has three visibility controls that must align for a member to see the content:
Publish Date: Determines when the content appears in the library.
Content Visibility Mode: Defines who can see the content:
PUBLIC: Visible to everyone, including guests.
MEMBERS: Only visible to logged-in members with the required access levels.
ASSIGNED: Only visible to members who have been directly granted access.
Access Levels: Controls which subscription tiers can view the content.
All three controls must be correctly set for members to access the content.
Publish Dates
Content without a publish date is considered a draft and is invisible to members. If a content item has a future publish date, it is scheduled and will not be visible until that date arrives. Conversely, content with a past publish date is published and visible, subject to access controls.
For blog posts, there is an additional status field that can be set to Draft, Published, or Scheduled.
Visibility Modes
PUBLIC: This mode allows anyone, including guests, to see the content. It's great for marketing and SEO purposes.
MEMBERS: Only logged-in members with the appropriate access levels can view this content.
ASSIGNED: This mode restricts visibility to members who have a direct content grant.
The Dual Publishing Model
This model is crucial for users utilizing weekly schedules. The visibility of content in a schedule is independent of its publish date. Content included in a schedule appears in the "This Week" block, even if it doesn't have a publish date. However, library visibility still requires a publish date.
Here’s a clear table of combinations:
Publish Date | In Schedule | Appears in Schedule | Appears in Library |
Not set | Yes | Yes | No |
Not set | No | No | No (Draft) |
Past date | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Past date | No | No | Yes |
Future date | Yes | Yes | No (until date) |
Future date | No | No | No (until date) |
Practical Scenarios
Here are some examples of how to use the publishing and visibility features effectively:
I want a recipe to appear in this week's plan but not in the library yet: Leave the publish date unset and add it to the schedule.
I want a recipe in both the schedule and the library: Set a publish date and add it to the schedule.
I want to schedule a blog post for next Tuesday: Set the status to Scheduled and set the scheduled date.
I want public teaser content to convert free visitors: Set the visibility to PUBLIC and set a publish date.
Locked Content and Teasers
When members lack the required access level, they may see locked content as a teaser, which shows the title and image but blocks access. Alternatively, content can be hidden entirely based on the access level configuration.
Featured Content
Marking content as featured pushes it to the top of content grids that have "featured first" enabled. This is a great way to highlight your best content or seasonal picks.