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Lost draft post Nov 14, 2016 15:24:03 GMT

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Post by callsign on Nov 14, 2016 15:24:03 GMT

Yesterday I started a post concerning problems encountered when attempting to create a picture package.

Unfortunately I had to stop in the middle of the post but I wasn't concerned because I had already checked that 'Enable Drafts' was enabled in my settings.

This morning when I went to complete the post it was nowhere to be found and the 'Load Draft' window also failed to appear. Can someone please tell me how to resolve this one because I really do not want to start from scratch again.

Callsign

PS There is a certain irony here because the FAQ item appeared in the early part of the year shortly after I raised a query about how to create draft posts!

PPS Sorry if I've sent this to the wrong place, I did try and find the correct place.

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Lost draft post Nov 15, 2016 0:54:35 GMT

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Post by Andy on Nov 15, 2016 0:54:35 GMT

I'm not sure why that happened callsign. Proboards help is not very specific in regards to how the feature works. The most likely scenario: The drafts are saved as cookies by your browser, not on the Proboards server. So if you browser was closed or clear some of its temporary cookies, the draft could have been lost.

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Lost draft post Nov 15, 2016 12:42:35 GMT

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Post by callsign on Nov 15, 2016 12:42:35 GMT

Thank you, sargenta 1, for your response.

However, I would be less than candid if I did not say it left me bitterly disappointed! Is it remotely possible that the unexpected and puzzling move of the original post from the Organiser section, (where my underlying picture package printing problems occur) to the Forums, could have played some part in my sad loss?

I think that another attempt at using a third party programme and cut and paste for correspondence here is called for. It wasn't very successful in 2015/2016 but I will have another go. The trouble is the fingers and brain are not so nimble as once they were, and finding work-arounds becomes a necessary part of life.

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Lost draft post Nov 15, 2016 13:14:22 GMT

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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2016 13:14:22 GMT

Hi callsign,

I don't think my moving your post from the Organizer to this board has any bearing on your issue; as you posted your question after the issue had occurred. The reason I had moved this post from the Organizer is that the question is related to the workings of the forum and not related to an Elements Organizer problem.

Could you confirm if you closed your browser between drafting your post and then coming back to it later? If that is the case I believe, as Andy has said, it has something to do with that.

If you are worried this might happen again, you could always draft your post in a Word document (or Notepad, or other application), save it to your desktop, and once ready, you can then copy and paste the text into a new post/thread on the forum.

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Post by callsign on Nov 14, 2016 15:24:03 GMT

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