Yay!
Anybody who’s followed me for a while, knows that I prefer listening to people’s posts over looking at them. I worked out how I can use my browser to do that, and most of the time, it works a treat.
The one area where it didn’t work was proof-reading my own posts, before I put them live. I guess the editor, and the various Preview screens, are too complicated for the browser to decypher. To proofread my own posts, I had to publish them, load up my “live” site (which the browser can decypher), and do all my proofreading in the few minutes (hopefully) before anybody read the post.
Yesterday, I figured out how to do it.
I publish the post, but with visibility = “private”.
Then, I proof-read the post. I can take my time. I can go have a coffee, or breakfast. I can listen to the post as many times as I want, because, just for me, the post is already live.
When I’m finally happy with the post, the very last thing I do is to flip the switch from “private” to “public”.
This plan will word for everything I publish, there and then. It won’t work for scheduled posts, unless I am watching them. But that kinda defeats the purpose, doesn’t it?
But for anything we publish “live”, this is a good plan for getting rid of those annoying mistakes, before anybody else sees them.
Mister Bump 
That’s fantastic Pete. I could do with that. Not sure I fully understand how you do it, but it sounds good. I make LOADS of mistakes, for obvious reasons, and it does annoy some people, which I can understand. Bravo!
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Well, for starters, it is the FDirefox browser, and then it is what they call their reader. It’s nothing whatever to do with the WordPress Reader.
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Great. I sometimes use Firefox. It might be worth a try.
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Good thinking Batman😂
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It took me long enough…
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Great tip. And as per always, a smooth read, Thanks.
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Ah, well, I worked out how to perfect it before it went live 🤣
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You played a blinder there with the privacy setting!
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These seemingly innocuous privacy settings seem to control a lot.
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Yes very true
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Well done! Question for you. What is the best way to describe pictures inserted in a post?
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If you are asking what I think, then I know this.
However you describe the image, put your description in the “title”field.
In the Media Library screen, you can search for images. The site works in this field (and only in this field)
Does that answer your question?
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Yes. Thank you.
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