SocialAutoUpload User Guide · Volume 4 — Creating & Publishing · Lesson 7

Your first post

Level: Beginner Time: ~15 min Prerequisites: at least one channel connected (Lessons 3–5) Audience: new users

Purpose

This is the heart of the app: write a post once and send it to several platforms together. By the end you'll have published a real post, understood why the app sometimes skips a platform on purpose, and know how to read — and retry — your per-channel results.

The Composer showing workflow, content, media sections and the Publish Now button — The Composer — pick channels, write content (or AI Generate), attach media, then publish or schedule.

Before you start

At least one connected channel (Lessons 3–5).
Your media ready if you're posting a photo or video — and remember Expectation 2 from Lesson 0: keep your originals, the app removes published media a few minutes after success.

The composer at a glance

Tap Create (the composer). It has three parts you'll move through:

Channels — where the post goes.
Content — your caption/text, and (for long YouTube videos) a title.
Media — the photo(s) or video you attach.

Step 1 — Pick where it goes

Either load a Publishing Profile (Lesson 6) to select your usual channels instantly, or tap channels by hand. Choose All Channels in the picker to hand-pick for a one-off.

Step 2 — Write your caption

Type your text once — it's used across every selected platform.
The character counter shows the most restrictive limit among your selected platforms, so you never overshoot the tightest one. When more than one platform is selected, per-platform "left" chips appear too.

Platform	Facebook	Instagram	TikTok	YouTube	Telegram
Caption limit	63,206	2,200	2,200	5,000	4,096

Add hashtags in the hashtag field; your favourites and recent tags appear as quick chips.

Step 3 — Add media

Upload a photo or video (up to 1 GB — details and format rules in Lesson 8), Import from URL (Lesson 9), or generate a caption with AI (Lesson 10).
While a file is uploading, Publish and Schedule are locked on purpose — you'll see Uploading media — publishing unlocks when the upload finishes. This prevents a post going out without its media.

Compatibility & smart-skip — the one idea to understand

Platforms accept different things, so the composer checks your post against each selected channel as you build it and handles mismatches for you:

YouTube and TikTok need a video. Instagram needs media (photo or video). Facebook and Telegram accept text alone.
If some selected channels can't take your post, they're skipped (not failed) and you're told up front, e.g. YouTube, TikTok will be skipped (they need a video). This post will go to Facebook, Instagram. Skipped channels cost no credits.
If none of your selected channels can publish it — say a text-only post to YouTube + TikTok only — Publish is blocked with None of the selected channels can publish this post. Add a video, or include Facebook/Telegram.

💡 "Why didn't it post to YouTube?" — usually smart-skip

If a platform you selected didn't get the post, it was almost certainly skipped because the content didn't fit (e.g. no video for YouTube). This is deliberate and free — not a failure. Add the right media, or don't select that channel.

If you selected TikTok

TikTok requires a one-tap content declaration before publishing — tick the box shown above the Publish button. Until you do, Publish stays disabled with Confirm the TikTok content declaration above to publish. TikTok's per-post options (privacy, comments, etc.) also live here; the defaults are fine for a first post.

Step 4 — Publish now (or schedule)

Publish now: tap Publish. A confirmation dialog lists the exact channels — Your post will be published immediately to the channels below. This cannot be undone. — and the app checks you have enough credits (1 per channel it will actually publish to; Lesson 2). Confirm, and it publishes.
Schedule: pick a future time instead — covered fully in Lesson 11.

Reading your results

Publishing shows a live results view, and every post also appears on the Posts page with a status:

Status	What it means
Published	Every channel that was attempted succeeded.
Publishing…	At least one platform is still finishing in the background (common for Reels/videos and TikTok).
Partially failed	Some channels succeeded, some failed. The failed ones can be retried on their own.
Failed	No channel succeeded. Open the results to see why, per channel.
In review	A new-user or flagged post is being checked before it goes live (see below).
Scheduled / Draft	Waiting for its time, or saved but not sent.

Each channel shows its own outcome, with links to View/Share the live post. On a Partially failed or Failed post, use Retry Failed — it re-attempts only the channels that failed, and never re-charges or duplicates the ones that already succeeded.

🗑 After a full success, your media is removed

A few minutes after a post publishes to every channel, the app deletes its media files from our servers. The live posts on Facebook/Instagram/etc. are unaffected — but you can't re-download the file from here, and retrying a fully-cleaned post will ask you to re-upload. Always keep your originals.

Expected result

Your post is live on the platforms you chose, visible on the Posts page as Published (or Publishing… briefly for videos/Reels), with per-channel links to view it.

Common mistakes

Publishing before the upload finishes — the button is locked until it's done; wait for it.
Selecting YouTube/TikTok for a photo or text post — they'll be skipped (they need video).
Assuming a skipped channel failed — skipped is deliberate and free.
Deleting your original file right after posting — the app doesn't keep a copy.
Forgetting the TikTok declaration — Publish stays disabled until you tick it.

Troubleshooting (quick table)

You see…	Why	Do this
None of the selected channels can publish this post…	Content doesn't fit any selected platform	Add a video/photo, or include Facebook/Telegram
Publishing to N channel(s) needs N credit(s), but you have R left this month…	Not enough credits	Deselect channels, wait for reset, or upgrade (Lesson 2)
Your post was rejected: … adult or NSFW content…	The media failed our content scan	Use different media; this can't be self-overridden
Status stuck on Publishing…	A video/Reel/TikTok is finishing in the background	Give it a few minutes; it resolves to Published or Partial
A channel failed	Platform-specific reason (token, permission, rate limit…)	Open results for the exact reason; see Lesson 18.1

📱 Mobile note: the composer is fully mobile; the Publish button and its status hints sit at the bottom, above the nav bar.

Next: Lesson 8 — Media that works everywhere.
The real size and format limits, how videos are processed and auto-formatted (Reel/Short/trim), and the media-cleanup rule in full.