#### MarsEdit Help | Solutions By Topic | Q&A

# The Post Options Pane

With the post editor open, click the Options button in the toolbar to reveal the side panel. Options vary depending on the features your blog system supports.

### Categories

To set categories for your post, check the boxes next to the categories you want to set. For blogs that support adding new categories from MarsEdit, you can add categories by typing them into the text field and clicking Add. New categories will be created when you send the post to your blog.

If your blog doesn't support adding categories from MarsEdit, you will need to add new categories through your blog's administration page on the web. After you've added categories outside of MarsEdit, click the Refresh toolbar button in the main window to update the list of categories in MarsEdit.

### Post Status

A post sent from MarsEdit to your blog will typically be published immediately, unless the blog is configured to handle things differently. Some systems provide a means of specifying that the post should be saved as a draft on the server. When available, that option will be listed here.

### Text Filter

Tumblr, Movable Type and TypePad support a feature that allows you to specify which format the server should interpret your content as. For instance, if you've written your post in the Markdown formatting language, you can use this popup to select the appropriate Markdown filter, so that your blog server will know how to interpret the post.

Most other systems do not support this feature.

### Comments & Trackbacks

Some systems let you to choose whether to allow or prohibit comments and trackbacks/pingbacks on a per-post basis. When available, you can use this option to set permissions for your post before you send it to the blog.