Saving threads? - Page 1
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author: kalel
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2017, 06:59:49 pm
content: I'm sure there might be threads about this already, but I couldn't find one with a quick search. Feel free to link in whatever is relevant.I don't see a "save" option in the forum, but some forums do allow you to save threads.From time to time, you may want to "prepare a thread" (write the text, add images, etc) without doing it "live". Is there any way to save a thread and continue editing?If not, then I would only ask if anyone else would find this function useful. I would only propose it if more than a handful of people do.

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2017, 07:38:58 pm
content: Can you not just click "All" in the page navigation then use the browser's save page function?

author: kalel
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2017, 07:43:20 pm
content: Quote from: rdl on September 26, 2017, 07:38:58 pmIf I understood your response properly, I didn't mean saving the content of existing threads, but saving a thread prior to publishing. E.g. you're writing a longer thread, so you "save" and continue later (to add more material), before clicking "Post". Possibly it wasn't explained well.The alternative is to post an empty thread, write something like "Work in progress" and keep adding content until it is finished, but saving would come in handy for that particular purpose.Edit: However, you might have offered an alternative. You could likely save the current page and continue editing, but I'm not sure. You could save in notepad as well. The only advantage of saving a thread is that you don't have to save locally (but it is an advantage).

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2017, 07:54:29 pm
content: It is not common to see a thread started with a # of posts with only "reserved" in the post as place holders but it does happen here occasionally.Particularly useful when a thread and individual post's content is large and likely to exceed form limits of 2Mb/post.When the forum was playing up a while back with 502's......many of us prepared a post in Notepad or Word etc rather than have it swallowed into hyperspace.

author: retiredcaps
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2017, 08:06:55 pm
content: Quote from: tautech on September 26, 2017, 07:54:29 pmWhen I need to write something long, I always do it locally in leafpad and then copy and paste it into the forum. I never compose something online and hope the connection is up 100% of the time.

author: retiredcaps
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2017, 08:08:40 pm
content: PS. Early on, I learned to hit save each time I wrote a paragraph or made important changes. I also learned to enable and make backup copies in case something went wrong.

author: polli
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2017, 08:36:11 pm
content: If it does happen that you post something but your internet dies on you, without closing the dead tab, open the developer console, go to the network tab, then refresh the dead tab. A request will pop up. You can click the request and in the request parameters you should see your post.Saved my behind a couple of times.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2017, 08:44:20 pm
content: Quote from: kalel on September 26, 2017, 07:43:20 pmIf you start a post then publish it partially finished youcancontinue to add content with the Modify button or the smaller Modify tab within the window of your post. Either one will offer a Save option that publishes your edit into the original post.

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 26, 2017, 08:49:39 pm
content: Yes, I did misunderstand what you were asking.To avoid possibly losing a post I'm in the process of writing, I just periodically highlight all the text I've typed and (right click) copy it. But I would only do that for a complex or long post.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 27, 2017, 01:48:22 am
content: If one is using Firefox (or it progeny) there is an excellent extension to cope with losing unsaved edit boxes (which may occur due to a dodgy connection, bad HTML, erroneous script blocking, etc):Text Area Cache addonSaved me getting annoyed a few times