Rejections: what a rewrite can and can't do

Where: Queue → Rejected

Rejecting a post with a note asks PostYard to rewrite it automatically. What a rewrite can actually reach is a fixed list — reproduced here byte-for-byte from the same list PostYard itself uses to decide whether an ask is possible, so this page can never say something is impossible that the product would actually do (or the reverse).

WHAT A REWRITE CAN CHANGE (a rewrite is possible — treat these as ordinary change requests): - The words of the post: rewrite it, change the tone, shorten or lengthen it, fix a fact, remove or add a claim, change the call to action, change the hashtags. - The headline printed on the graphic — its wording, its line breaks, and which words are highlighted in the accent colour. - Any extra text fields the graphic shows (a stat, a quote attribution, and so on) — their wording. - WHICH picture from this account's existing image library is dropped into the graphic's image slot — it can swap to a different one that is already in the library. - WHICH of this post type's existing graphic templates this post uses — it can switch this post to a different one. It cannot design a new template or change how any template looks. - For accounts that publish blog articles: the article title, body, excerpt, categories and tags.

WHAT A REWRITE CANNOT CHANGE (a person has to do these in PostYard — a rewrite would hand back a post that looks identical): - How the graphic is LAID OUT on THIS post — the text size, where the headline / logo / picture sit, how big they are, how wide the text runs, its alignment and line spacing. A rewrite cannot move anything. → but a person can fix it on this post alone, in seconds: open the post and click **Edit graphic** under the picture, then drag things on the canvas or use the panel on the right. That changes ONLY this post; the template and every other post using it stay exactly as they are. - The graphic's STYLING, which is shared by every post on the template: its background colour or background photo, the fonts, the text colour, the accent colour, whether the logo or picture appears at all, or the size and shape of the graphic itself. → a person changes this under **Post types → (open the post type) → Graphic templates** — and it will change every post that uses that template, not just this one. - The logo file itself, and the brand colours. → **Post types → (open the post type) → Brand look**. - Creating a brand new picture, drawing anything, or editing a photo (cropping it, removing its background, changing what is in it). PostYard only ever picks from pictures already uploaded. → a person uploads the picture they want under **Assets**. - Using a specific picture that is not already in the library. → upload it under **Assets** first. - Anything about a video or a LinkedIn carousel's slides — those are always supplied by a person, never generated. - Which social account or platform the post goes to. → **Post types → (open the post type) → Where it posts**. - When the post goes out. → drag the card on the **Calendar**, or use the time picker on the post's own page. - Tagging a company or person who is not already in the mentions directory. → add them under **Mentions** first. - Anything that lives outside PostYard entirely — Buffer, SocialPilot, LinkedIn or the website's own settings.

PostYard tries to tell the difference itself: if a rejection note asks for something outright impossible for a rewrite, it explains why in the same place the rejection was raised, and names the exact screen to use — rather than quietly regenerating a post that looks identical and burning the rewrite budget in a loop.