Okay, so I would assume this is what’s happening:
Emails send on a 15 minute delay from the published date. That date is initially set when you publish the anonymous post, and then remains the same when you move it to your blog. So if you move it to your blog after that 15 minute window, the email won’t get sent.
To work around this, you could keep your publishing flow, but:
- before moving the post to your blog, update the published date to the current date and time (by clicking the “now” button)
- then move it to your blog
That would make sure your posts always get emailed out.
Of course, I know that’s not an enjoyable workflow, so this is a bit of an open question as to how we solve this.
As it stands today, I’m not sure we want to automatically update the published date when you move an anonymous post to a blog, because people could be moving it for other reasons besides publishing a draft.
I think the problem comes down to us mixing “anonymous posts” with “drafts.” I know this gray area has caused confusion with other users, and indeed in WriteFreely, these kinds of posts are actually just called Drafts. Maybe it’s time to make a more formal “draft” feature, to make all of this more straightforward? Among other things, then we could ensure that the published date is automatically updated, and so your posts always get sent out.
Any thoughts or feedback?