Posts are a core story-telling component of explorer.land. As in social networks or blogs, Posts are text entries combined with multimedia content, which allow sharing a certain episode of your project story.
Geolocated!
The particularity of Posts in explorer.land is that they can be geolocated. In addition to the NEWS time-line, they can be shown on the Project map, allowing users to discover them while exploring the Project area.
Stand-alone Posts
Posts can be located anywhere in the landscape. These appear as an interactive orange marker on the map.
![](https://help.explorer.land/media/pages/docs/what-are-posts/d5a3ef6a17-1638207657/2020-05-22_17h01_58.png)
Clicking on it will deliver the full content, or a summary in a popup or a card, depending on if you are using a desktop environment or a mobile device.
![](https://help.explorer.land/media/pages/docs/what-are-posts/74db7a8f8b-1638207657/2020-05-22_17h23_08.png)
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Posts attached to Sites
When the content of Posts is related to a specific Site of the Project, the Posts can be directly attached to it.
Sites with attached Posts will show an orange circle indicating the number of attached Posts.
![](https://help.explorer.land/media/pages/docs/what-are-posts/00f23d7195-1638207657/2020-05-22_17h37_22.png)
Clicking on the Site marker opens the Site content with the NEWS section listing all Posts attached to that specific Site.
![](https://help.explorer.land/media/pages/docs/what-are-posts/aa37bcc6b7-1638207657/2020-05-22_17h46_38.png)
On tablet devices, the popup of Sites with attached Posts also shows a NEWS section with the latest Posts.
![](https://help.explorer.land/media/pages/docs/what-are-posts/06cb0237b8-1638207657/2020-05-22_17h56_31.png)
On smartphone devices, the Site cards indicates how many Posts are attached to it. Clicking on the respective button opens the full list of attached Posts.
![](https://help.explorer.land/media/pages/docs/what-are-posts/9db491098b-1638207657/2020-05-22_17h59_49.png)
Geo-less Posts
Posts can, but need not be geolocated. It is possible to publish general geo-less Posts. These will be only listed in the Project's NEWS section and do not appear on the map.