If you are like most people and have more than enough to do during the week, the prospects of blogging every day can be, well unrealistic. However, there are ways that you can pack a week’s worth of blog posts into one day. First, block out a time one day a week to knock them out. Compile ideas through the week and come into that day ready to rock. Next, set up the Scheduler module and forget about it. Here’s how:

1. Download the Scheduler module from http://drupal.org/project/scheduler and install it just like any other module.

2. Go to http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/settings/scheduler, or go to your admin screen and click on Administer | Site configuration | Scheduler module settings link. Leave that alone for now, we will come back to it.

3. Go to http://www.yourDrupalsite.com/admin/content/types or go to your admin screen and click the Administer | Content management | Content Types link and click on edit option, located next to the type of content that you would like to schedule.

4. Open the Workflow settings drop-down. You will see a screen that shows the workflow settings.

5. Select the Enable scheduled (un)publishing and the Alter published on time checkboxes. The former will allow scheduling on this content type and the latter will change the date of the post that your readers see to match the date you scheduled the post to appear. Generally, this is a good idea.

6. Click on Save content type.

Now, when you create a new post, you’ll have an additionally option called scheduling options.

7. Enter the date you would like the post to appear in the Publish on field. If you want it to show up immediately, then you can leave it blank. Also, if your post is something that is only appropriate for a certain amount of time (like a sale, or a calendar event), then enter an Unpublish on time as well.

8. Click on Save.

9. Check to see if it works properly. If not, make sure you’ve properly set up cron to run on a regular basis.

Scheduling your posts saves a lot of time and helps to keep things fresh on your site.