How does scheduling a message work?Updated a month ago
We will walk you through everything you need to know about scheduling a post on your Memoryboard.
đź’ˇ If you don't want to schedule a post and want to send the post immediately, you can ignore the scheduling steps and click the button labeled "Post to Board."
Scheduling is set up to allow flexibility in how you might want to schedule a post, including the ability to adjust:
- Starts: the day you want the message to start
- Ends: if you want the message to end (i.e., expire) on a certain day or continue with no end date
- Duration: select if you want the message to appear all day or during a set interval of time by selecting the start time and end time
- Repetition: select what days of the week you want the message to be displayed
We'll go into each one of these below.
Starts
Select when the message will start. Start allows you to select a day in the future when you want the message to appear on your Memoryboard. This is great for those who want to plan out their messages for the next few days or special events (e.g., a birthday or a family event in the future).
Under Starts, you can access a calendar to select the specific day you want the message to start.
Ends
Select when the message will end. The default is "no end date," meaning the message will continue based on the repetition selected (i.e., what days of the week you want the message to repeat). You can also select a date for the message to end by clicking "select date" and picking the end day from the calendar.
Duration
Select the period the message will appear. The default is "all day," meaning the post will remain on your Memoryboard until the end of the day. The other option is to "select time," which allows you to select the start and end times the message will appear during the day. Select time pulls up a timer where you can select and adjust AM or PM for the start and end of the message.
Repetition
Select the days the message will appear. If you want a message to be visible on your Memoryboard beyond today, select the days you want the message to repeat. Do this by selecting what days of the week you want the message to appear.
Examples
| Send a loving message that appears for the duration of the day | Starts = Today Ends = No end date Duration = All day Repetition = Leave blank Your loved one will receive a message immediately after you click "Post to Board" that will remain on the board for the duration of the day and disappear at the end of the day. |
| It's Saturday and you send a message that remains on all weekend (Saturday, Sunday) | Starts = Today Ends = Choose tomorrow's date Duration = All day Repetition =Â Select Saturday and Sunday Your loved one will receive a message immediately and it will remain on the Memoryboard through Sunday and disappear at the end of the day on Sunday. |
| Remind your loved one about a weekly lunch outing on Wednesdays | Starts = Today Ends = No end date Duration = Pick your start time, such as 9 AM, and pick your end time, such as1 PMM after lunch is over Repetition =Â Wednesday Your loved one will receive a message every Wednesday morning at 9 AM letting them know there is a lunch outing. The message will no longer be visible starting at 1 PM. |
| Remind your loved one about an afternoon appointment | Starts = Today Ends = No end date (message will expire on its own at the end of the day) Duration = Pick your start time, maybe the current time, and end time as some time after the appointment is over Repetition = Leave blank Your loved one will receive a message that they have an appointment in the afternoon. The message will either disappear at the end time that was set or at the end of the day if no end time was set. |
| Remind your loved one to drink a glass of water every morning | Starts = Today Ends = No end date Duration = Pick your start time, such as the current time, and pick an end time Repetition = Select all days of the week Your message will appear every day of every week between the start time and end time you indicated. |
| Remind your loved one about a birthday tomorrow | Starts = Tomorrow (select the specific day) Ends = No end date (message will expire on its own at the end of the day) Duration = All day (default option) Repetition = Leave blank Your message will appear tomorrow for the duration of the day. |
Scheduling Screen (Top) First, select your start and end dates | Scheduling Screen (Bottom) Next, select duration and repetition |