Q: Is it possible to edit the timeframe on the newsletter email?
I see in the screenshot it's daily, can you do a weekly version?
Nick_TasteWP
May 15, 2024A: Thanks Rick for your question, it's a good point, we get that request from time to time, but when we then make clear to publishers that this implies that some of the stories are then up to a week old when people receive them, they usually agree that daily should be ok. But if this feature is important to you, let us have another look at it. I now added it to our feature roadmap on https://trello.com/b/IaPT0XQ3/followit-product-roadmap (column "Ideas"), please upvote it if you think it's important. Thank you! :)
Nick_TasteWPPLUSHi Rick, an update about your request for a weekly option: I realized it's already possible today, with a little workaround.
As part of your feed's settings, you have the option to approve your stories (which we found in your RSS feed) before they get sent, i.e. here: https://monosnap.com/file/WMNF9QwnQxwbXQEZbiwJeIiAl7ObwV. The point is: when you approve the story, that time & date is the one relevant for sending, i.e. the time when you approve the story is the time when the story officially arrives in our system. So: you could activate this feature, not approve any of the stories, and after a week approve all of them. The stories then count as having arrived in our system at that point. Therefore, when our crons pick up the stories for sending (e.g. for newspaper: all stories of the last 24 hours), your followers will get all of them, as they are „new“ as far as our system is concerned (i.e. they arrived in the last 24 hours).
If you have more detailed questions about this, we can also continue the discussion offline: "help (at) follow (dot) it". Thank you!
RickPLUSAwesome, thanks! I really appreciate the follow up. Manually approving them works perfect for me.
Cheers!