New Queue Symbols: A Quick Guide

SmarterQueue has always been a power-scheduling tool, consistently providing a wide variety of ways to schedule and publish your content across your Social Profiles. This commitment to excellence remains steadfast.

Whether you're following your Posting Plan, setting Evergreen content to recycle, creating Variations, scheduling for specific dates and times, or creating recurring posts, our new set of post card symbols makes it easy for you to tell your different post types apart and manage them in the Queue 💪

In This Article:

Posts Published Based On Your Posting Plan

When creating posts in the Post Editor, you'll always be asked to select post “Timing” options.

If you decide to go with the "Use Posting Plan" option, your posts will be sent to the Queue and published based on the Timeslots in your Posting Plan.

Here's how you can identify them in the Queue: 

1. Set the post to "Use Posting Plan" (top or bottom of the Queue), with the "Evergreen Recycle" toggle set as OFF, for a one-time post.

Once in the Queue, it will look like this:

Notice that the post displays the date and time it will be published, as determined by the Timeslots in your Posting Plan.

2. If you choose to "Use Posting Plan" and set the "Evergreen Recycle" toggle as ON you'll get more engagement out of your Evergreen content.

In this case, once added to the Queue, the post will look like this:

Notice that a new glyph was added to the post card to let you know that the post will be recycled.

The glyph is followed by the iteration number (as this is a new post, it's on iteration "1", meaning it will soon be published for the very first time). After each time it's published, the post will go back to the bottom of the Queue and the iteration number will increase.

3. If you choose the manual scheduling route, select "Date & Time", followed by "Post Now". This post will of course go out right away, but should you also set the "Evergreen Recycle" toggle as ON...

...it will then be sent to the bottom of the Queue and will depend on the Timeslots in your Posting Plan to publish future iterations. In this case, it will look something like this:

Notice the same glyph is present to show the post will be recycled.

The glyph is followed by the iteration number, which in this case is "2", as the post was already published once based on your selection of "Post Now".

4. Additionally, for either of these cases, you have the option to set your Evergreen post to expire on a set date, or after being recycled a predetermined number of times.

Once sent to the Queue, the post will look like this:

The same recycling glyph and iteration counter are present.

The difference this time around is that the iteration counter shows the finite number of times the post will be published (in this case, it's on iteration "2" of 5 total), based on how you've set it up to expire.

If you select a specific date for the Evergreen post to expire on, the post will look like this:

Now instead of a limited number of cycles, we can see the current cycle, followed by the expiration date you selected.

Posts Scheduled For Specific Dates And Times

When creating posts in the Post Editor, you'll always be asked to select post “Timing” options.

If you decide to go the manual scheduling route and choose "Date & Time", followed by "Set Date & Time", you'll be able to select exactly when the post is published, as well as how many times.

Here's how you can identify them in the Queue: 

1. Set the post to one or more specific dates & times, with the "Evergreen Recycle" toggle set as OFF for a one-time post.

Once added to the Queue, it will look like this:

The first thing to notice is the "pin" (📌) glyph added to the upper-left-hand side corner of the post card, showing that it's set to a specific date and time and can't be dragged and dropped around.

Additionally, you'll see a "calendar" glyph (instead of the "list" glyph used for content that's using Timeslots from the Posting Plan to publish). The glyph will be followed by the date and time you've manually set to publish the post.

Note: If you add multiple dates and times for the post, you will see the next time and date for publishing, followed by a "calendar" (📅) glyph and a counter of all the selected times and dates.

In this case, the post is waiting to be published for the very first time and has a total of four dates and times set. Once the post is published on the first time, it will be pinned back in your "Upcoming" posts and will display the next date and time, followed by the same "calendar" (📅) glyph, followed by 2/4.


2. Choose to set the post to one or more specific dates & times, but with the "Evergreen Recycle" toggle set as ON to get more engagement out of your Evergreen content.

In this case, with one date and time added manually, the post will show up in the Queue like this:

Notice the same information is displayed: the "pin" (📌) glyph, showing this post is pinned to a specific date and time, as well as the upcoming date and time set for publishing.

Since the post is set as Evergreen, we'll see an additional glyph after the date, followed by the iteration counter. This will show "1" for now, as we've just created the post and it's the first time going out.

If you manually schedule to multiple dates and times, you'll see the "calendar" (📅) glyph and counter too, right before the Evergreen recycling glyph, just like below:

Note: Your post will first be published based on the manually set dates and times Once those have all been fulfilled, since "Evergreen Recycle" is on, the post will be sent back to the bottom of the Queue and will start using the Timeslots in your Posting Plan for the purpose of recycling. Notice that the "pin" (📌) and "calendar" glyphs are gone once that happens.

3. Additionally, for either of these cases, you have the option to set your Evergreen post to expire on a set date, or after being recycled a predetermined number of times.

The post will initially look just like the above examples for scheduled posts.

Once all manual dates and times have been fulfilled and the post is sent to the Queue to recycle, the recycling glyph will be joined by the limited iteration counter (or set expiration date), just like we saw under Posts Published Based On Your Posting Plan, to show that the post is set to eventually expire.

Recurring Posts

When creating posts in the Post Editor, you'll always be asked to select post “Timing” options.

If you decide to go the manual scheduling route and choose "Date & Time", followed by "Recurring", you'll be able to select an initial date and time for the post, as well as a set interval for the post to repeat.

Note: "Evergreen Recycle" options are not available for recurring posts, as they already repeat based on a set interval you choose.

If the post is set as recurring, you get to select the initial date and time and the repeat interval.

Once added to the Queue, it will look like this:

The first thing to notice is the "pin" (📌) glyph added to the upper-left-hand side corner of the post card, showing that it's set to a specific date and time and can't be dragged and dropped around.

Additionally, next to the date and time the post is set to go out, you'll see a glyph resembling the one used for Evergreen recycling, only in black instead of green. This is meant to show the post will repeat in perpetuity, while not an Evergreen post.

Keep in mind that all dates and times this post will repeat for will always be pinned based on the regular repeat interval you've selected in the Post Editor, instead of using Timeslots from your Posting Plan.

And since recurring posts will be published in perpetuity, you can choose to have them expire, after being published a certain number of times or after a specific date.

If you decide to do this, make sure to set the settings accordingly in the Post Editor:

Once in the Queue, a recurring post that is set to expire after a fixed number of posts will look something like this:

While a recurring post set to expire on a specific date will show up like this:

Posts With Variations

Variations are a great way to test image and copy options as well as keep your repeating content fresh and unique!

Posts with Variations will also be easily identifiable in your Queue. 

In addition to the symbols for your “Timing” and “Evergreen Recycle” settings, which we've already presented in the sections above, you'll be able to see the total number of Variations available for a post, as well as what Variation will be published next.

1. Add Variations to a post to keep your content fresh and unique, and choose to "Use Posting Plan" (top or bottom of the Queue).

Keep in mind that you'll need to have the "Evergreen Recycle" toggle set as ON so that the post can cycle through the Variations.

Once in the Queue, it will look something like this:

Right away we can spot the date and time the post will be published (determined by your Posting Plan), the representative glyph for an Evergreen post, and the iteration number.

In addition to these, we can see a brand new glyph that lets us know Variations were added to the post. In the example above, we can see the post has a total of 2 Variations, with the first one ready to go out. We can tell that this is the first time we'll cycle through the Variations , as the number of iterations is 1, just like the Variation number (so this is a brand new post, the one we just created).

Note: Evergreen posts can recycle repeatedly over an extended period, cycling through all the available Variations several times. In such instances, the iteration counter will persistently track the total count of published iterations, whereas the Variation counter will reset each time.

2. Another option is to set the post to multiple specific dates & times.

In this case, it's up to you to decide if you want the "Evergreen Recycle" toggle set as ON or OFF.

If you decide to leave the "Evergreen Recycle" toggle OFF, keep in mind that the number of set dates and times needs to be equal or higher to the number of added Variations, to allow SmarterQueue to publish all versions.

In this case, the post in the Queue will look something like this:

Notice all expected glyphs for a manually scheduled post, including the "pin" (📌) and "calendar" (📅) glyphs. Additionally, we can see the brand-new glyph to signal the post has Variations, followed by the Variation counter.

If you decide to turn the "Evergreen Recycle" toggle ON, then you'll also see the representative glyph.

Note: Your post will first be published based on the manually set dates and times. Once those have all been fulfilled, since "Evergreen Recycle" is on, the post will be sent back to the bottom of the Queue and will start using the Timeslots in your Posting Plan for the purpose of recycling. The post will continue to cycle through your Variations.

3. There's always the option to set the post as recurring, where you'll select an initial date and time, as well as a repeat interval.

Once added to the Queue, it will look like this:

Notice all expected glyphs for a recurring post, including the "pin" (📌) and the iteration counter, as this post will repeat in perpetuity. The post will always be pinned based on the regular repeat interval you've selected in the Post Editor and will cycle through the Variations, for which we can spot the Variation glyph and counter.

Don't forget that you can choose to have recurring posts expire. If you decide to do so, make sure that you allow it to publish enough times to cycle through all your Variations at least once.