Scheduling your next build automatically

Automatic builds are configured by creating a _schedule.txt file in your site. After building your site, CloudCannon will read your _schedule.txt file and automatically configure a build at the specified time. This is useful for future posts.

Schedule file format

The _schedule.txt is a comma separated list of values. It contains three values, which are used to schedule a build and generate the management UI.

1. Run date: Defines the date and time your build will be scheduled for.
2. Build name: A label that will be shown in the Scheduled Builds UI in CloudCannon.
3. Source filename: Path to a source file. The UI will show a button linking to the editor for that file. This is useful if you're scheduling a build to publish a particular file.

For example:

2020-10-22T10:00:00+00:00,Publish Post,_posts/2020-10-22-because-of-the-internet.md
2020-11-22T10:00:00+00:00,Publish Post,_posts/2020-11-22-the-history-of-marketing.md

Generating the schedule

For convenience, it's likely you'll want to generate _schedule.txt programmatically.

group :jekyll_plugins do
  gem 'jekyll-cloudcannon-schedule'
end

plugins:
  - jekyll-cloudcannon-schedule

Viewing automatic builds

When _schedule.txt is correctly set up, your site will be built automatically at the specified times.

To view all available automatic builds:

1. Go to Site Settings / Schedule
2. Select the Automatic tab
3. Clicking Update will open the source filename in the content editor