=== Pre Date Future Post ===
Contributors: brofield
Tags: postdate, posts, date, predate, autopost
Requires at least: 2.6.1
Tested up to: 2.6.2
Stable tag: 1.2

Allows you to set posts to appear automatically in the future, but have a post date in the past.

== Description ==

Allows you to set posts to appear automatically in the future, but have a post date in the past.
For instance, your blog may be a diary and you need to catch up on a few entries.
You write 5 entries that cover the last couple of weeks, but want to release the
new entries in a trickle of one per day instead of just publishing them all at once.
That is where this plugin helps.

How to use it:

* Write the post, set the post status to "Pending Review" and save.
* A new section will appear below the post text called "Make Post Public Date".
* Enable the feature, set the time and date for the post to automatically become 
    public and save the post again.
* A new column will be added to the post list showing the future date for a 
    post to be made public.
* At that time and date the post will automatically be changed to "published".

Notes:

* The time and date uses the current timezone as set for your blog. 

== Installation ==

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

1. Upload 'pre-date-future-post.php' to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Can I use a post status other than "Pending Review"? =

Not at the moment. If you can tell me how to add a custom post status then I 
am happy to add that functionality. If you need to use "Pending Review" yourself
then you probably can't use this plugin.

= Why can't I set the minute as well as the hour for posting? =

Because I said so.

= Why doesn't the post show immediately it is scheduled to appear? =

Perhaps because:

* WP cron hasn't yet run the task. Wait until a minute after the hour and
  refresh the blog main page.
* Something caused the WP cron process to skip the task. Wait an hour.
* If you have changed the timezone for your blog then you may need to
  deactivate and reactivate the plugin to reset the cron timer.

= Can I see what posts have been processed and when? =

Yes. It writes a log of activation, deactivation and posting of entries.
See the file "pre-date-future-post.php.log" created in the same directory
as the plugin PHP file.


== Credits ==

Much of the code from the Post Expirator plugin by axelseaa was filched
but has since been modified beyond much recognition.

== Changelog ==

* Version 1.2 : Looking stable
* Version 1.1 : I like changing the numbers
* Version 1.0 : first public release