How to send embeds as your bot in Discord, and edit them later
The message builder writes messages that the bot posts as itself: plain text, up to ten embeds with pictures, and link buttons. You type straight into a picture of the message, and a message that was sent stays editable from the dashboard.
Takes about 3 minutesFree, Premium raises limits
What you will end up with
In your rules channel: a red embed titled “📜 Server rules” with four numbered rules, posted by ZombyIO. A week later you fix a typo and the same message changes.
rules
ZombyIOAppToday at 14:32
📜 Server rules
Please read these before you post. They keep this server a good place for everyone.
1. Be respectful
No insults, no harassment, no hate. Disagree with ideas, not with people.
2. No spam
No flooding, no unasked advertising, no mass mentions.
Breaking a rule can mean a warning, a timeout or a ban.
Where to find it
Open the dashboard, pick your server and choose Message builder in the sidebar (on a phone: under Features in the bar at the bottom). That is two clicks from your server list. You can also press Ctrl K anywhere in the dashboard and type the name.
Step 1: Open the message builder and pick a template
In the dashboard, pick your server and choose Message builder in the sidebar. Under Start a new message, press Rules, Announcement, Links or Blank. The template is written in your server’s language and opens straight away.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/messagesMessage builderEnabledStart a new messageEach template is only a start. Everything in it can be changed.RulesA title, a short intro and four numbered rules.AnnouncementA headline, a few lines and the time it was sent.LinksA short text and two link buttons to fill in.
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Step 2: Type into the preview
Click any part of the message to write in it: the text above the embeds, the author line, the title, the text, the fields and the footer. Bold, lists, headings and links work as in Discord, and the preview shows them as Discord will.
Drop a picture on the large or small picture slot, or open Colour, links and more under an embed for its stripe colour, links and the time it was sent.
Tip
Under Mention a channel or role, pick one and paste the copied code into your text. The preview shows its name.
rules
ZombyIOAppToday at 14:32
📜 Server rules
Please read these before you post. They keep this server a good place for everyone.
1. Be respectful
No insults, no harassment, no hate. Disagree with ideas, not with people.
Breaking a rule can mean a warning, a timeout or a ban.
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Step 3: Add link buttons and choose pings
Under Link buttons, add up to five buttons with a label, an emoji and a link. Under Pings, choose whether the members and roles named in your text get a notification. It is off unless you switch it on.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/messagesLink buttonsUp to five, in one row under the message. Each opens a link.LabelWebsiteLinkhttps://zomby.ioPingsWhether the members and roles named in the text get a notification.Nobody gets pingedMentions show as names, and nobody gets a notification.Mentions pingMembers and roles named in the text above the embeds get a notification.
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Step 4: Pick a channel and send
Under Where it goes, pick the channel and press Send to #channel in the bar at the bottom. The message is saved first, then posted by the bot.
Important
ZombyIO needs View Channel, Send Messages and Embed Links in that channel. Server Check tells you if one is missing.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/messagesWhere it goesPick the channel. A message that was sent can move to another channel.Channel#rulesSend to #rules
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Step 5: Change it later
Open the message again from Your messages, change what you like and press Update in Discord. The message keeps its place in the channel. Pick another channel and the button moves it there instead.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/messagesYour messagesRulesLive in #rulesAnnouncementDraftUpdate in Discord
Free and Premium
Premium costs €6 a month per server and is shared by every admin of that server. It raises limits, it does not unlock the feature.
Free and Premium
What
Free
Premium
Messages kept
5
500
Embeds per message
2
10
Something not working?
The problems people run into most often, and how to fix each one.
Sending says the bot may not post in the channel
Give ZombyIO View Channel, Send Messages and Embed Links in that channel, in its settings under Permissions, then press the button again. Nothing was posted, so nothing needs cleaning up.
Nobody got a notification for my mention
Pings are off by default. Switch them on under Pings. Only mentions in the text above the embeds ping anybody; mentions inside embeds never do, which is Discord’s rule. @everyone and roles ping only if you may ping them in Discord yourself.
A picture does not show in Discord
Author and footer pictures appear only next to their text, so write a line for each. A picture from a link must be a direct link to an image file that Discord can open; uploading the picture instead always works.
Somebody deleted the message in Discord
Press Update in Discord and the bot posts it again in the same channel. The builder notices that the old one is gone.
Ask in the ZombyIO support server. Bring your support ID, your server’s support ID and a sentence about what you expected to happen, and someone will look at it with you.
