How do I manage a content calendar in VeloCMS?

VeloCMS doesn't have a standalone calendar app, but the Posts list view with filters for Scheduled, Draft, and Published status — combined with the scheduling feature — gives you a practical content calendar workflow. Open Admin → Posts, switch to Calendar view (the grid icon next to the list icon), and you'll see all your scheduled and recently published posts laid out by week.

How do I use the calendar view in the Posts dashboard?

The calendar view renders your posts on a weekly grid based on their scheduled publish date (for Scheduled posts) or their actual publish date (for Published posts). Drafts with no scheduled date appear in a sidebar panel on the right, labeled Unscheduled. You can drag a draft from the sidebar onto any day in the grid to immediately set its scheduled publish date — the editor opens automatically so you can review before confirming. Clicking any post on the grid opens it in the editor. Clicking an empty day creates a new post pre-populated with that date as its scheduled publish time.

How do I label drafts for editorial tracking?

Use post tags as editorial labels. Tags in VeloCMS are flexible — they're primarily for reader-facing categorization on your blog, but you can also create internal tags like 'needs-editing', 'needs-image', or 'approved-to-publish' that you filter on in the admin without those tags being visible in your public tag index (toggle the Internal tag option when creating the tag). This gives you a lightweight editorial pipeline: drafts tagged 'needs-editing' become your writers' work queue, 'approved-to-publish' becomes your editor's clearance list, and once the post is scheduled you remove the internal tags.

How often should I plan out the calendar in advance?

The answer depends entirely on your publishing cadence. A daily newsletter publisher should have at least two weeks of scheduled posts in the queue at any time — gaps in the calendar are visible emergencies. A twice-weekly blogger benefits from planning one month ahead: four to eight posts outlined, two to four written and scheduled, with remaining slots as placeholder drafts (just a title and a publish slot, no body yet). Solo creators who publish once a week often plan one to two weeks out and wing the rest. The calendar view makes the gaps visible, which is the most important thing — you can't manage what you can't see.

Can multiple team members work on the calendar together?

Yes, if you're on a plan that supports multiple users (Business plan and above). Each team member sees the same calendar view, but their ability to move, schedule, or publish posts depends on their role. Writers can create drafts and submit them for review but can't publish directly. Editors can schedule and publish. Admins can do everything including adding new users from Admin → Users. This role separation means you can invite a freelance writer to the VeloCMS dashboard and let them fill the calendar queue without worrying about them accidentally publishing something unprepared.