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Golden Emperor -> Auto-Saving what I wrote if it doesn't post? (10/6/2012 14:02:33)

It is annoying when I don't have a long-to-be-post I wrote copyed and it disappears. It used to auto-save on my old computer but not this one. [>:]



Seahawk -> RE: Auto-Saving what I wrote if it doesn't post? (10/6/2012 16:40:05)

I've had things go wonky on me when I'm posting. Sometimes I can hit the back arrow on my browser and it goes back to the posting box and still has all my text, and sometimes I can't. I've never been able to figure out the rhyme or reason behind why it sometimes works, but I can tell you it's not a forum setting... most likely it's a function of your browser settings. We don't have a setting to auto-save while you post.

Personally, when I've typed up a particularly long post I like to copy it before I hit the submit button. That way, if something goes weird, I can just go back and paste the text into a new post instead of having to retype. For REALLY long posts (like something you might post in L&L for example), I'd even consider writing up the post in an external program (like Word or Notepad) just to be extra safe in case of forum posting problems.



Eukara Vox -> RE: Auto-Saving what I wrote if it doesn't post? (10/6/2012 17:26:31)

Or, you can do the annoyingly redundant thing of hitting post every few paragraphs/lines and just edit to update and add more, with a disclaimer *more to come* at the bottom of the post. I actually do this when I post in L&L sometimes. It is the most annoying thing, but it is kinda like how Word periodically autosaves for you.



Golden Emperor -> RE: Auto-Saving what I wrote if it doesn't post? (10/7/2012 6:13:00)

Thanks Seahawk and Eukara. [:)]

That answers my question, and I actually do all of the stuff you guys do (saving in word, typing and editing, etc). I was just wondering if there was a forum feature of auto-saving which unfortunately is not the case.

As they say: Great minds think alike. [8D]



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