Create Posts and Manage Visibility

What a post can be

For a new ordinary top-level post, /check-ins/new starts in Quick professional card mode. Choose a professional-card, service, publication, seminar, product-demo, or case-study template; enter one exact headline; optionally add a transient JPEG/PNG/WebP reference; then generate a functional AI QR cover. GetPaidX creates a private referenced draft first, keeps that draft if generation fails, selects only permanent artwork that passes the exact QR scan check, and waits for explicit Publish professional card confirmation.

Choose Advanced (or open /check-ins/new?mode=advanced) when you need schedule, place, pricing, audience, hashtags, mentions, general media, or workspace-template selection. Reply, place-prefilled, and book-preset entrypoints continue directly into their specialized full forms. Creating through the advanced form opens the post when finished; use the post's manual Share action when you want additional QR exports.

A post in GetPaidX can represent several different user-facing jobs:

• a normal update,
• a planned event or check-in,
• a reply to another post,
• a paid offer,
• a workspace-backed or artifact-backed deliverable.

The same post page can carry both explanation and functionality, so it is important to think about the post as the container for the whole offer, not just as a text update.

Core post fields

The common post fields are:

The end-user meaning matters more than the storage details. For example, scheduling tells visitors whether your post is current, upcoming, or already in the past.

Scheduling and timezone expectations

Scheduled posts can be used as lightweight calendar items or todo tasks, even when no place is attached.

The practical timezone order is:

1. an explicit timezone in the instruction or form,
2. the user’s saved default timezone,
3. the selected place timezone when a place is attached,
4. fallback handling by the workspace/runtime if none of the above are available.

So if the exact timezone matters, the safest user instruction is still to state it directly.

Audience and visibility

Audience tags are how you narrow who a post is meant for.

Use them when the post should be oriented to a subset of your members or collaborators instead of the whole public audience. Leaving them empty is the broadest and simplest option.

When you add audience restrictions, think of them as changing who the post is for, not merely hiding text.

Direct mentions now sit alongside audience tags as an invite path.

That means:

• audience tags still define the broad targeting rules,
• directly mentioned users or emails can still open the post,
• drafts remain private to everyone else, but directly mentioned invitees can open them.

Replies and mentions

Replies are separate posts that live in the thread of a parent post.

Mentions let you involve other people in a post. In practice they now behave like lightweight invite/participation links: the mentioned person may still need to accept before the post blends into their profile and calendar surfaces. This means a mention is not always an instant public endorsement.

Mentions are also available directly on the main create and edit forms now, rather than being hidden under a secondary metadata section.

Sharing and reference links

Posts can also be shared through reference links such as /r/{referenceId}.

These links are useful when you want a stable, citation-style URL that is simpler to reference than an internal post ID.

Live sessions on a post

When Live Sessions are enabled, the post author can choose Add live session near the title. Choose Now or Schedule, then a format and who can join. Presentation lets the host present while the audience listens; Conversation lets attendees use their microphone and camera. Additional room settings remain under More settings.

Visitors see the next session's time and a Join session, Sign in to join, or paid-access action near the title. The session time is shown in the viewer's local timezone. Its schedule can differ from the post's general event/check-in date.

Before starting, hosts can use Session options → Reschedule or Cancel session. Earlier and later sessions also appear under All sessions and history. Rescheduling keeps the session link; notify participants of changes, because calendar/reminder updates are not automatic. If a local time occurs twice when clocks change, choose its offset explicitly. Canceling a session does not automatically refund a post purchase or end a subscription.

Hosts can assign a participant’s role before they enter. A saved role applies on entry or reconnect. If a live update cannot be confirmed, the participant controls show Retry live update or Retry disconnect while keeping the call open. Removing someone stops fresh admission immediately; on the self-hosted media service, an existing cached credential can briefly reconnect before current-policy enforcement disconnects it.

Share session provides a link to the chosen session, with optional QR and print controls. Discover, profile and place cards carry that same session selection. Their connected count describes current presence, rather than all previous attendees.

The call keeps Conversation and Materials alongside the video, with an offer panel when available. My assistant opens your own workspace assistant explicitly, so its floating panel does not cover the call. Leave exits your call; the host's End for everyone ends the occurrence. Authorized conversation and material access can remain available afterward. Recording is not implied.

If closing is interrupted, hosts can use Retry ending session. A media co-presenter can speak and share their screen; post and conference permissions still determine who can manage participants or offers.

Paid post access and an offer presented during a call are separate choices. A successful post purchase or eligible subscription may cover more than one session on that post; buying access does not reserve a limited seat. Joining does not grant new workspace/material rights or start a workspace.

Hosts can enable Show optional offers during sessions under More settings when the deployment supports offers. This works with a presentation or conversation; it does not change who can join. The offer shows the effective buyer price and its inclusions. Existing post access is recognized even when it came from another purchase or an eligible subscription. Open purchased post or Open post and materials opens in a new tab, and purchased outcomes remain visible after the offer or session ends.

Closing a payment form keeps the unfinished checkout available under Your checkouts. Use Resume checkout to continue its accepted price, Refresh payment status to check confirmation, or Cancel unpaid checkout before reviewing a fresh quote. An ended offer does not automatically refund or revoke post access, and an already-open checkout can remain payable until expiry. The confirmation page shows payment, membership, processing and refund outcomes separately. Partial purchase refunds keep that purchase’s access; a fully refunded purchase no longer provides access, while another valid purchase or membership can still do so. For a membership that needs attention, use Manage membership instead of opening another recurring checkout. Active memberships cancel at the billing period’s end; an incomplete, unpaid or paused membership can end immediately after verification. Existing charges are not refunded by this action.

Most common post workflows

This page is the right starting point when you want to:

• publish a general update or offer,
• create a venue-linked post, a place-less scheduled task, or a scheduled event,
• understand which core fields shape what viewers see,
• decide whether a post should stay broad or be narrowed by audience rules.

For pricing-specific behavior, continue into the pricing and purchase docs after you understand the basic post container first.