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Old 06-05-2012, 05:13 PM   #1
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Absolutely FRUSTRATING!!!
I just spent the last 45 minutes composing a long, carefully thought-out post regarding publishing my work as an e-book - with marketing and publicity plans in case other people might be interested - and discovered to my horror that somehow, I'd been logged out of the site without my knowledge or any kind of warning.

Of course I only found out AFTER I'd pressed the PREVIEW button and was told to log-in. The original posting page where I'd typed everything was no longer recoverable so that every word I'd typed was irrevocably lost.
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Old 06-05-2012, 05:19 PM   #2
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My sympathies. I've learned the hard way to copy and save posts of anything more than a few sentences before pressing any buttons...
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Old 06-05-2012, 05:19 PM   #3
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Oh, been there, and felt like smashing the computer to bits. Yep, I feel your pain.

When I do remember, I highlight the post mid-way through, copy it and paste it into notepad. This way if I accidently delete it (or I get signed out like you were) I still have some of it.
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Old 06-05-2012, 05:24 PM   #4
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We've all done it at some time or the other. I generally do it when I accidentally hit the wrong key. Some times you can back up and retrieve something, but often you can't.

In the future, if you do make a long post, try to remember to do an Edit > Copy before you click anything else. You don't have to actually paste it anywhere.
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Old 06-05-2012, 05:32 PM   #5
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Or compose in Notepad. Yep, done that... and I've hit -backarrow- instead of -return- many times, which ones to the same thing. Commiserations, Winston!

I chalk it up to a sacrifice to the Muses.
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Old 06-05-2012, 06:22 PM   #6
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The same thing almost happened to me today. Luckily, when I went to post the page came up saying I was logged out and I quickly hit the back arrow to go back to my post and was able to copy it before I logged back in.
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Old 06-05-2012, 06:28 PM   #7
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Yep--back arrow soon enough, an the post is usually still there for copying and saving, to repost after you've signed in.

I agree, though, it's frustrating to lose any writing on which you spent the time to get it just right. I usually temper that with, I hope that's the worst thing that happens to me today.

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Old 06-05-2012, 07:25 PM   #8
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Make this a muscle memory when composing on ANY message board:

Control-A. Control-C.

I do it before I hit any submit/preview button. It's saved me lots of heartache.
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Old 06-05-2012, 08:06 PM   #9
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Old 06-06-2012, 08:05 AM   #10
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I thought it was just a glitch in the service on my end. Anyway, I am going to compose the whole post again on WORD and then just cooy and paste.
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