> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://info.bundle.social/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Make your first posts with bundle.social

> Learn how to create and schedule your first social media post across multiple platforms using bundle.social. Step-by-step guide to posting on YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Discord, and more.

<Warning>
  🥺 YOU CAN POST DIFFERENT CONTENT TO ALL THE PLATFORMS ALL AT ONCE 🥴
</Warning>

In this tutorial you will create, customize, and publish your first post across several platforms at once.

## Open the post creator

On the sidebar, click **Posts**.

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This is your **Posts** dashboard. It's empty for now - click the **+** icon to open the post creator.

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The first page of the post creator is strictly internal. Here you pick which account to post on, what content to post, and when.

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<Note>
  You can change all of this later, so if your creative juices aren't flowing
  from the get-go, don't worry.
</Note>

## Pick the platforms

At the top of the screen you'll see every account connected **to the team you're currently on**. Click a tile to select the account you want to post on.

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For this tutorial we'll post to all four connected platforms:

* **YouTube** and **Instagram** for video
* **LinkedIn** for company updates
* **Discord** to engage with the community

## Pick the content

You might be on the go and not have the right content on hand. That's why we have the **media library** - internal storage for all of your assets. [Learn more about it here.](/knowledge/posts/media-library)

Click **Select media**.

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Here you can see all of your media. Pick from what's there or **upload something new**. We'll add one new photo and pull the rest from the [media library](/knowledge/posts/media-library).

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## Set the time

Say your boss wants a post every 3 hours. Instead of sitting down every 3 hours, pick a time once and forget about it.

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<Tip>
  If you don't set a time, or set one earlier than the current time, the post
  publishes as soon as processing finishes.
</Tip>

## Customize your content

In the bottom right corner, click **Customize**.

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Your screen should now look like this:

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Starting from the top:

* **Title** - internal only
* **Date** - when to post

Below that are platform icons - these act as tabs. Click between them and you'll notice the fields change: YouTube has a **Text** field and a **Description** field, while Instagram only has **Text**.

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### Adjust the content per platform

Each tab has its own content field. Hover over a piece of content to delete it - for example, on the YouTube tab we keep only the video we want to post.

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<Warning>
  To post multiple images - for example a carousel on Instagram - just leave the
  content untouched. We support multi-content on every platform that offers it.
</Warning>

Next, switch to the Instagram tab and remove any content you don't want there.

<Info>You can also add content at this step.</Info>

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Now do the same for the remaining platforms.

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## Discord and Slack quirk

If you post to Discord or Slack without changing the sender, your message shows up like this:

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That's fine if you don't mind. If you do, click the **+** icon to create a new bot.

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A popup appears - upload a bot cover photo and give it a name. The name is shown as the sender in Discord/Slack, so choose carefully. Then click **Create**.

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Your bot is ready to reuse next time. **Don't forget to select the newly created bot from the dropdown.**

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Now your Discord sender looks like this:

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  </Frame>
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<Note>
  To learn more about bots, [read the bots guide](/knowledge/posts/dc-slack-bots).
</Note>

## Publish

With your captions and images in place, it's time to post. Click **Publish**.

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The page refreshes and you're back on the **Posts** dashboard - this time with your post on it. If it includes a lot of content, like several large videos, the post may show a **processing** or **scheduled** status. Don't worry, the rest will be published.

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You can also switch to the **calendar view** to see your scheduled and published posts laid out by date.

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## Access the content

Click the post instance to see a list of links to each published post.

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Here's our LinkedIn post:

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## Deleting a post

For security reasons you can't delete a published post from our app - you can only remove the post instance from bundle.social.

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If you'd like to delete posts directly through bundle.social, send us an email. If enough people ask, we'll enable that option - 50/50.
