if ( empty( $post_id ) ) {
			
	// this is a new post
			
	$post_data = array(
	'post_author'  => $this->post_author,
	'post_content' => $content,
	'post_type'    => $this->post_type,
	'post_status'  => $this->post_status,
	'post_title'   => $title
	);
			
	$post_id = wp_insert_post($post_data);
			
} else {
			
	// edit post
			
	$post_data = array(
	'ID'		=> $post_id,
	'post_author'   => $this->post_author,
	'post_content'  => $content,
	'post_type'     => $this->post_type,
	'post_status'   => $this->post_status,
	'post_title'    => $title
	);
			
	$post_id = wp_update_post($post_data);
			
}