Warning: Don't write a post or PM over a long time period!!!

[meatcake]

Please sticky this so it doesn't happen to other people.

I leave my computer on and browser open, and was working on a kind of large PM over the last few days, but when I clicked preview before submitting it, the board complained something about having logged in again, and when I hit back, the whole thing was gone!

I know, I should have copied it to the clipboard before I hit preview. Ugh!

 

[Psychedelicious]

Raw Fish

I always just copy and paste the message before I hit review, even though I'm sure it will work anyways. I don't know if this needs to be a sticky or anything, you should just keep it copied if there is a chance of losing it!

 

[Sacrament]

Common knowledge. It's happened to me before and it's always a good idea to copy-paste if it's a long post or PM.

Or save it in a text file.

 

[Ashiene]

some forums auto-save typed messages (but not yet sent) every 5 seconds so even if the page is refreshed or the internet browser shuts down, you can still continue writing and it wont be gone. sadly this forum doesnt

 

[meatcake]

Common knowledge. It's happened to me before and it's always a good idea to copy-paste if it's a long post or PM.

Or save it in a text file.

I know, I'm so dumb. I often do copy the text, but this time I was lazy, or just tired from writing so much. On some sites if a post fails and you hit back the text will still be there. But, I guess not with this situation.

 

[meatcake]

some forums auto-save typed messages (but not yet sent) every 5 seconds so even if the page is refreshed or the internet browser shuts down, you can still continue writing and it wont be gone. sadly this forum doesnt

Yeah Gmail does that really well.

 

[Rodox]

That happens to me too,thats why I always copy before hitting the reply.

 

[Ashiene]

what i do is to type in notepad first, then copy and paste into forum textbox and click reply.