How does the Program section work?

The Program is the section of LEMOON that groups series by the day of the week they usually update. It helps readers find what's new on the day they're browsing, and know when to come back for the next episode of a series they follow.

Your series update day is worked out automatically from when you actually publish. You don't need to set a manual calendar: just publish or schedule your episodes, and LEMOON keeps your Program day accurate for you.

📅 How your update day is decided

LEMOON looks at your recent episodes and finds the weekday you post most often. That becomes your Program day. A few simple rules keep it accurate and fair:

• Only your recent episodes count, not your whole history. If you used to post on Mondays and now post on Thursdays, the Program follows your current rhythm.

• The day is read in your local time. If you publish late on a Tuesday night where you live, the Program shows Tuesday.

• You get one main day, or two if you genuinely post twice a week. The Program won't scatter your series across several days just because a few episodes landed off-schedule.

• Your recent episodes have to clearly land on that day. If your posts are spread across the week with no clear favorite, the Program waits until a genuine pattern forms instead of showing a day it can't trust. Tighten your rhythm and a clear day appears on its own.

Your Program day refreshes on a regular cycle, not instantly. After your publishing pattern changes, give it a little time to catch up

⏰ Schedule your episodes: your plan comes first

If you schedule an upcoming episode, that day takes priority. The Program shows the day of your next planned episode, because your stated plan is a stronger signal than a guess from your past publishing.

A scheduled episode is trusted even if your past posting was scattered. When you don't have anything scheduled, the Program falls back to the rhythm of your recent published episodes.

💡 Tip: scheduling your next episode on the day you want readers to expect it is the surest way to control your Program day.

To schedule an episode, choose its date and time when you add it. Full steps in our publishing guideline:

➡️ Guideline: Publishing on LEMOON

When does your series appear in the Program?

To keep the Program full of series readers can actually follow, a series appears when it's genuinely active and has a day worth trusting:

• It must be currently published. Paused, cancelled, or removed series drop out of the Program.

• It must have updated recently. If a series hasn't had a new episode in about two months, it stops appearing until it returns.

• It needs a few episodes first. A brand-new series waits until it has published or scheduled a small handful of episodes, so its day isn't guessed off a single post.

• Its recent episodes must lean on a clear day, or have a scheduled episode coming.

A completed series leaves the day-by-day Program, since the Program is for series readers are still waiting on each week. But a finished story isn't treated as inactive: LEMOON marks it as Completed, a distinct, positive state.

Why isn't my series in the Program?

It's almost always one of these: the series is no longer published, it's been quiet for a couple of months, it's too new, or its recent posts are too scattered to point at a clear day. Publish a new episode and keep a steady weekday, and it comes back automatically.

Reappearing isn't instant either: once you're publishing again on a steady day, give the Program a little time to pick your series back up.

New to LEMOON? 👀 The step-by-step publication tutorial covers publishing your first episode.