WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Why am I losing text? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-am-i-losing-text WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Why am I losing text? en Sat, 18 May 2013 15:08:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 dannyjoehoward on "Why am I losing text?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-am-i-losing-text#post-1036145 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:41:40 +0000 dannyjoehoward 1036145@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yeah, that's what I had been doing unless I forgot. I wonder what causes it that they can't fix. Seems like a huge hole in something as popular as wordpress.

]]> raincoaster on "Why am I losing text?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-am-i-losing-text#post-1035980 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:20:48 +0000 raincoaster 1035980@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Years ago I had the same problem using IE, and I found that highlighting all the text before hitting UPdate would somehow force the changes to take effect. I highlighted everything, copied all to the clipboard, then hit Update and that seemed to work. If it didn't, at least I had an up to date copy on the clipboard I could just paste in.

]]> dannyjoehoward on "Why am I losing text?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-am-i-losing-text#post-1035965 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:33:03 +0000 dannyjoehoward 1035965@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ To really clear it up, the dashboard is where I'm having the problem. It's not with the autosave, but when I click Save Draft that it happens sometimes. I've never noticed it with the autosave.

]]> timethief on "Why am I losing text?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-am-i-losing-text#post-1035917 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:13:54 +0000 timethief 1035917@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Let's clear this up please. This issue text disappearing from drafts issue only seems to happen when you edit posts that have been created on the WordPress.com home page http://wordpress.com/#!/post/ The autosave does not work there.

Instead create posts only on your own dashboard here > Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New where the autosave does work
http://houseandten.com/wp-admin/post-new.php

]]> dannyjoehoward on "Why am I losing text?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-am-i-losing-text#post-1035913 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:04:30 +0000 dannyjoehoward 1035913@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for the info. The autosaves do kick in so maybe it is the bug. I'm trying another browser for awhile to see if that fixes things.

]]> absurdoldbird on "Why am I losing text?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-am-i-losing-text#post-1034004 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:31:31 +0000 absurdoldbird 1034004@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There's a known bug here.

However, if it's not due to the bug, then it might be because you're not saving early enough. You need to start saving early to make the auto-save kick in. What I do is type an 'x' in the post, save, then remove the x and type my post. You've also got to save regularly and frequently.

The best thing to do, is to type your post into an offline text program (for instance, on a windows computer, you could use notepad) and then copy and paste it in. Alternatively, save and publish the post first as Private, then later make it public.

]]> dannyjoehoward on "Why am I losing text?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-am-i-losing-text#post-1033957 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:36:14 +0000 dannyjoehoward 1033957@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Why do I sometimes lose text I've typed when I save a draft?
Blog url: http://houseandten.wordpress.com/

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