Preview Post solves the "it lost my post!" problem

#12100009137 05/25/2006 14:44:20 Preview Post solves the "it lost my post!" problem

It's been noted that if a user types up a message, hits "Submit Post" and the message contains certain errors, the input box is blanked out, clicking Back does no good and the message is seemingly gone forever unless the poster used Copy on the text before clicking Submit.

Here is the best way around it: click Preview Post after every edit. This will remove any errors from the message AND still retains the debugged message text in the input box. If you don't ever hit "Submit Post" until you get a "Preview Post" that does not report any errors in your entry, then you will never lose a post again.

PS10N

Message Edited by PS10N on 05.25.2006 06:44 PM

#12100009138 05/25/2006 14:51:01 Re: Preview Post solves the "it lost my post!" problem

Really? Sweet SMILEY

I'll have to keep that in mind... I know I'm probably not the only one who has aborted posting in a topic because they wrote something only to have it eaten by the lost post monster.

#12100009140 05/25/2006 15:19:40 Re: Preview Post solves the "it lost my post!" problem

/tiphat

I'm planning a few more posts to round out my help for the forums, screenshot renaming, in game tips and tricks, macro coding and more. When they are all posted in their appropriate message boards, I'll post a main index to them on the Guides and FAQs message board. In the meantime, you can pull up the dashboard, and do a Message Search for PS10N and you'll see what's already up. More to come soon!

PS10N

#12100009142 05/25/2006 16:17:01 Re: Preview Post solves the "it lost my post!" problem

*cough*

Um...well, not to rain on your parade, or anything...but this is already stickied in the General Forums.

Not in this specific thread title though, so people will definetly read this one! Good work?

SMILEY

#12100009143 05/25/2006 17:52:12 Re: Preview Post solves the "it lost my post!" problem

Just trying to be helpful by unloading things I've picked up in the last 15 months. Maybe I didn't choose the correct place to post the information; it's not always clear where to post or what's already there. I don't get much time to read many of the forums, unfortunately.

#12100009169 05/27/2006 08:14:51 Re: Preview Post solves the "it lost my post!" problem

Thanks for the info!

#12100009180 05/27/2006 16:13:36 Re: Preview Post solves the "it lost my post!" problem

As a side note you will often get this error when quoting a post, especially if you edited the quote. Just my observation....