Title: Quickstart Description: Connect an account and publish your first OpenPost publication. Canonical: https://openpo.st/docs/guides/quickstart Source: [https://openpo.st/docs/guides/quickstart](https://openpo.st/docs/guides/quickstart) # Quickstart Publish a first post and check what happened to each destination. Sign in at app.openpo.st and create a workspace. Have the social account you want to use ready. If you run your own server, finish [installation and provider setup](https://openpo.st/docs/self-hosting) first. ## 1. Connect an account Open **Settings → Workspace → Social accounts**, choose a platform, and follow its sign-in steps. Approve access to the profile, Page, or channel you want to publish to. Bluesky needs an app password instead; see [Connect accounts](https://openpo.st/docs/guides/accounts). ## 2. Create a publication Choose **New post** and select your connected account. Write a short update. OpenPost makes a separate version for each destination you select, so check the preview and edit any account-specific text or media before sending it. See [Create and publish](https://openpo.st/docs/guides/publishing) for drafts, threads, and media. ## 3. Publish or schedule Choose **Publish now** to send it, or choose a date and time and select **Schedule**. Check the timezone shown in the composer. Scheduled posts appear in **Publications → Calendar**. ## 4. Check the result Open **Publications** and select the post. Check each destination's status. **Published** means that destination was delivered. **Scheduled** means it is waiting for the time you chose. A scheduled post can pass through **Queued** and **Publishing** before delivery. If a destination shows **Failed**, open it to read the provider error. Fix the cause and retry that destination. Accounts that already succeeded do not need another post. See [Troubleshooting](https://openpo.st/docs/guides/troubleshooting) if the error is unclear. ## Self-hosted first run Follow the [self-hosting quickstart](https://openpo.st/docs/self-hosting), then use the same four steps. The first account created on a new instance becomes its administrator.