Where has my post gone?

Where has my post gone?

This topic has 7 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 20 June 2019 at 21:15 by old mart.

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20 June 2019 at 20:31 #415302
old mart
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I have just wasted 3/4 of an hour creating a new thread and started adding photos when the whole lot disappeared. Any ideas where it went?
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20 June 2019 at 20:31 #26675
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20 June 2019 at 20:37 #415303
Pete Rimmer
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20 June 2019 at 20:39 #415304
JasonB
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Quite possibly timed out if you were posting for that long. try doing it over a few posts rather than one.
20 June 2019 at 20:43 #415306
old mart
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It turned up its toes as soon as I tried to add the second photo.
20 June 2019 at 20:47 #415307
Rik Shaw
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Mart – It happened to me once. These days I make sure the pics are in the album before creating saved text in Word after which I paste into the dialogue box. Just a matter then of adding the photo/s. Maybe not completely foolproof but it works for me. ( Pete – can you let him have a postcode ?)

Rik
20 June 2019 at 20:58 #415310
SillyOldDuffer
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When a post is typed into the editor window, everything stays local to your machine until the 'Add Posting' button is clicked. If the server times-out, or the network misbehaves, or your PC or Browser misfire, then – as far as I can tell – the content is wiped.

I prepare long posts with a word processor first and only paste text into the forum editor screen when it's ready to go. Much less risk of a time-out because pasting is quick and there's still a master copy if the link breaks. Also helps manage long posts: a size limit makes it necessary to split large contributions across two or more posts. Easier and safer to work from a master.

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20 June 2019 at 21:15 #415316
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I have just created two new threads with pictures, and in both, the text has been lost in amongst the pics. I tried to avoid the timeout problem.
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