NextPost Module: Quick Setup all automation at once

Introduction to the NextPost Module: Quick Setup for Automated Post Promotion

The NextPost Module is a powerful tool for Next.js projects that enables easy automation of post promotion for your blogs or news platforms. With this module, you can set up automation rules that promote your most recent posts to various channels, including social media platforms, newsletters, and custom integrations. In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to set up Quick Setup automation for all new posts with the NextPost Module.

Step-by-Step Tutorial: NextPost Module Quick Setup Tutorial

To get started with the Quick Setup tutorial, you need to have Next.js set up with the NextPost Module installed.

Prerequisites:

1. Install the next-posts package and @next/robots-txt packages:

   npm install next-posts
   npm install @next/robots-txt

2. Set up the next.config.js file and create a theme for your project:

   
   // next.config.js

module.exports = { // Add this configuration: robotsTxt: '@next/robots-txt', };

// Theme file module.exports = { title: 'My Next Theme', };

Now, let's start setting up the Quick Setup!

**Step 1: Configure Post Format**

To customize the appearance of your automated posts, you need to configure the post format.

1. Open the `next-config.js` file and add the following configurations:
```js
// next-config.js

module.exports = {
  // Add the following configuration:
  experimental: {
    postFormat: {
      titleTemplate: ' %%title%% ',
      ogTitle: ' %%ogTitle%% ',
      fbTitle: ' %%fbTitle%% ',
      robots: '@next/robots-txt',
    },
  },
};

Replace %%title%% with the title format, %%ogTitle%% with the OpenGraph title, and %%fbTitle%% with the Facebook title. Save the changes.

Step 2: Create Auto-Generation Rules

You need to define rules that determine how posts should be generated, such as frequency, start date, end date, and other specifications.

1. Open the posts.config.js file (create one if it doesn't exist):

   
   // posts.config.js

export const autoGenerate = { // List of auto generation rules rules: [ { query: ":", // Posts from any page startAt: "1d", // Daily posting schedule, starting at 1-day interval interval: "24h", }, ], };

These rules generate a new post every 1 day.

**Step 3: Set Up Scheduling and Notifications**

Enable scheduling for your auto-generating rules and set up notifications to ensure timely notification of newly generated posts.

1. Open the `next.json` file:
```json
// next.json

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "scheduler": {
    "frequency": "custom",
    "customfrequency": ["*:*"] // This means scheduling frequency is on a daily schedule
  }
}

Configure the scheduling schedule as you like. Notifications can be set up manually or with tools like Pushover, Twilio, or a custom integration with your server.

Step 4: Test Quick Setup and Deployment

Check your quick setup configuration is correct:

1. npm run build
2. npm run generate
3. Review output logs
4. Manual testing can be performed.