Setting Up Auto-Importers: A New Approach

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What’s New In Setting Up Auto-Importers?

As part of our comprehensive revamp, we've moved your Auto-Importers to a new, dedicated tab.

You can now seamlessly oversee and handle all of them within the "Auto-Importers" tab, conveniently located within the "Discover" section.

Here you’ll find all of your existing auto-RSS importers and will have the ability to edit, pause/resume, or delete each one individually. This is easily done by clicking on an importer's dedicated three-dot menu.

You're also able to promptly pause and delete all of your imports at the same time from the button in the upper-right corner 💪

Additionally, we've given the user interface a fresh makeover, making it super easy for you to quickly find the perfect settings for each RSS feed. 😊

Here’s what you can see right away:

The current status of the auto-RSS importer: Active or Paused;
The Social Profile(s) selected for content imported from the auto-RSS feed;
The Category the posts will belong to;
How imported posts will be saved to your account (as a Draft, as active posts sent to the Top or Bottom of the Queue, set to Publish ASAP);
If the posts are set to recycle as Evergreen content.

And, of course, you’ll want to automatically import from new sources in the future as well.

To set up brand new auto-importers and save valuable time bringing in amazing content from external sources, we've introduced a user-friendly "Add Auto-Importer" button within the "Auto-Importers" tab 💪

Additionally, you can still search for content from blogs, websites, YouTube channels, or playlists in "Find Content"! Simply select "RSS" from the platform dropdown.

After pasting the link in, SmarterQueue will populate with the latest posts. This will work best when you’re looking into RSS feeds that you haven’t published from before, to check for already existing content you might want to import first and fill up your Queue.

All the familiar functionality is still available; however, there is now a separate “Set Auto-Import” button available! If a feed promises great future content for your social media presence, you can save it as an Auto-Import much quicker than before.

A pop-up window will appear so that you can choose your settings, such as what Category the posts will belong to and what Social Profiles they’ll be published to, and many others, before saving the source as an Auto-Importer.

How To Add An Auto-RSS Importer

Now that we’ve taken a quick look at the main changes made in the new version of SmarterQueue, let's delve into the detailed process of adding an Auto-RSS importer, step by step!

1. To add an Auto-RSS Importer, go to the “Discover” section, located in the top menu.

2. Click on the “Choose Platform” dropdown and select “RSS”.

3. Paste the website address for your favorite blog, news site, or YouTube channel/playlist that you want to set up an Auto-RSS Import for and hit "Enter" (or click on the magnifying glass (🔍)).

Note: You don’t need to worry about finding the specific RSS feeds for your favorite sources, SmarterQueue does that automatically once you enter the main website address.

4. Click the “Set Auto-Import” button on the right-hand side.

5. A pop-up will appear to help you decide on all required settings for the Auto-Importer:

Name the Auto-Importer so that it’s easy to find;
Filter the content for your Auto-Importer by toggling the “Refine by search terms” option and adding the search terms;
Customize the posts by toggling “Modify article titles” to add text before and/or after the article title where the social platform permits it;
Select which Category to import the posts to;
Select what Social Profile(s) to import the posts for;
Choose how the posts will be saved (as a Draft, sent to the Top or Bottom of the Queue, or set to Publish ASAP);
Whether the posts should be Evergreen and recycled;
If the old posts should be imported too, or if you only want future posts moving forward;
If the Auto-Importer should be paused for now.

6. Click “Save Auto-Importer” when finished.

7. Move to the “Auto-Importers” tab to see all of your Auto-RSS Feeds 🎉

💡 Tip: Want to keep adding Auto-Importers? Click the “Add Auto-Importer” button in the top right to save a few steps 💪

How To Edit, Pause, Or Delete Importers

Managing your Auto-Importers is easier than ever in the new product!

Editing Import Settings

1. To edit an Auto-Import, click the three-dot menu on the right, and select “Edit”.

2. A pop-up window will open so that you can make any changes to the Auto-Importer:

Rename the Auto-Import.

Filter the Auto-Importer by toggling the “Refine by search terms” option and adding the search terms.

Customize the posts by toggling “Modify article titles” to add text before and/or after the article title!

Update which Category to import the posts to.

Change what Profile(s) to import the posts for.

Update how the posts will be saved (Draft, Top of Queue, Bottom of Queue, Publish ASAP).

Choose if the posts should be Evergreen and if they should Expire after being published a number of times.

If the Auto-Importer should be paused for now.

3. Click “Save Auto-Importer” when done.

Pausing Imports

You can pause individual Auto-Importers by clicking the three-dot menu, and selecting “Pause”.

You can also pause all of your Auto-Importers at the same time by clicking the three-dot menu, and selecting “Pause all Importers”.

Deleting Imports

You can delete individual Auto-Importers by clicking the three-dot menu, and selecting “Delete”.

You can also delete all of your Auto-Importers at the same time by clicking the three-dot menu, and selecting “Delete all Importers”.