You’ve noticed I’m sure that many of our recent posts here are about some of the improvements that the Blogger platform has been making. This is due to the fact that I recently converted two of my blogspot blogs over to my own domains using the Blogger custom domains option. Well, Blogger just got better again!
Using the new Blogger in Draft option, you can now write blog posts in advance and select the specific date and time you want Blogger to publish the post AUTOMATICALLY! 
This of course means that you can now hang out at the beach and leave your laptop behind, while Blogger does the work for you to publish your posts automatically! Awesome feature Blogger! Way to go! I tested the auto-publish feature on one of my new Blogger custom domain blogs, and it worked great! Here’s how to auto-publish a post for a later published date and time, using the new Blogger Draft dashboard:
STEP 1:
You need to get to the correct dashboard! You may not have ventured to this new Blogger in Draft dashboard I’m referring to, so pay close attention! Normally when you’ve posted in Blogger you’ve gone to your dashboard with the blue, orange and white Blogger logo, but the dashboard you need to be in is the Blogger in Draft dashboard. Okay, once you’re in the correct Blogger Draft dashboard, you’re ready to write and schedule an automatic date and time for a new blog post! Let’s go to the second step!
STEP 2:
From your Blogger in Draft dashboard, select the blog you wish to post to using the automatic publishing feature. Then select a blog post you already have saved as a draft, or write a new one. Now you’re ready to auto-publish a blog post for the desired time and date you specify. Select the menu option as shown here, and follow the instructions written in red:
Once you have selected your date and time, select “Publish Post” if you have finished writing your draft. Blogger will then automatically publish the post for your specified date and time. The auto-publish time and date will only be set if you selected “Publish Post”, but NOT if you selected “Save as Draft”! The Blogger dashboard will confirm your auto-publish date and time for the post with this message:
Once you have posts ready to be automatically published for a specific scheduled time you can locate them in your Blogger Draft dashboard where it says, “Scheduled”:
When you click on the “Scheduled” link, you can access the list of scheduled posts, which will show you the post name, date and time for when it is scheduled. The example below only shows the time since I opted to have the blog post auto-published the same day:
There you have it! That’s all there is to publishing a blog post from your Blogger Draft dashboard for your desired date and time! Thanks Blogger!
For additional information about the auto-publishing feature, take a peak at Blogger Buzz. Also, be sure to check out the new Blogger in Draft blog for more of the scoop on the automatic blog post publishing feature!
