Knitrias Project: Open source Challenge Week 07 : SteemAuto

I used the SteemAuto tool for the first time today, right from the start, I was very interested in everything that is possible with this tool. It is extremely easy to login, if you already have a Steemit account, it requires your Steemit Account name, as well as your posting key. I like the warning you get, not to use the tool, if you are unfamiliar with it, since you could damage your account, if you change settings you do not understand. Very considerate! :D

I have never really used tools before, so I was quite surprised about how easy it is to use and understand this tool. It is practically self explanatory!

You start on the Dashboard screen, you can either navigate by choosing one of the options offered below the warning message, or you can use the buttons on the left to navigate. I prefer to use the buttons on the left, because such a layout is something I am familar with. So far I was not able to figure out what the Home button does, other than bringing you back to the Dashboard. At the beginning, I was a bit confused why I started out on the Dashboard and not on Home and when I used the Home button, I had the impression that it did nothing. Later on when I checked out Curation Trail and then clicked the Home button just to see if it really didn’t work, it brought me back to the Dashboard. I am not sure, if the Home button is something I personally need, since I can just use the Dashboard button, if I want to return to the Dashboard. But that is just my opinion.

If you want to follow or create a curation trail and have never done that (it was the first time I ever did that), you might need a bit more explaining, than there is on the website. I had to go back to a post @knitrias made last week (https://steemit.com/hive-120112/@knitrias/knitrias-project-week-06-graduation) [scroll down in the post until you reach Official Curation Trail], to understand what the website meant, when it asked for a trail name. If I understood correctly, then you can just enter the account name of the person whos curation trail you would like to follow.

If you would like to support someone on a regular basis, but cannot always keep up with their posts you can use the Fanbase button. Here you can enter the account names of the people you want to support! All you have to do is write their account name without the @ infront of their name and click follow.

I personally like to give credit to my commentators, which is why I used the upvote comments and added some names of friends and teammates I would like to always upvote, when they comment on my posts. You can choose how much weight your vote should have in %, the default is 50%.

Since I often end up forgetting to claim my rewards, I looked at the claim rewards button and activated the automatic reward claiming function.

And last, but surely not least, since I will love using this, is the schedule posts button! To test it, I will be posting this post as a scheduled post. This feature is awesome, because it also supports Markdown, which I am also testing for the first time. So this whole post is not just a participation in the weekly challenge, but a huge experiment for me as well.

I am very impressed with this tool and will definetly be using it in the future, thank you very much for showing me something as useful as this @Knitrias!

I hope I have gotten better at introducing a tool / website. Have a lovely day and exciting experience using this wonderful tool!

Edit: I was sad that the preview function for the scheduled post didn't work. I couldn't drag and drop the pictures I wanted to upload either. I had to upload the pictures on steemit and copy it all to SteemAuto. Maybe I did not understand how you can do it, but if this feature is missing, it would be a great addition to the scheduled posts section.