Sha Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I have written out a reply in the forum and pressed 'post' which deleted what I had written. this happened last week also. What is causing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I've no idea Sha and it's never happened to me and nobody else has ever mentioned it happening to them.... well not yet anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Never been a problem for me and not heard of it happening to anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 not something i have come across either. which browser are you using it may be an issue with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Thanks Sid will look into that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bill Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 This happens to me far too often and that's why I don't bother posting much these days. It shouldn't matter which browser you use, clicking the post button should never completely delete a post that you may have spent considerable time putting together. I've just managed to post on the local section but not without issues. Clicked edit to break a wordy post into paragraphs and all ok then realised I had a simple typo but try as I as I may it was impossible to correct. I still post on several forums all without issues but here is something else! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 31, 2018 Report Share Posted May 31, 2018 Hiya Bill and nice to see you posting again after so long even though just to say you have been having some issues. Hope you are well and enjoying the sunshine This topic and it;s last reply is 3 years old...heck I hope it didn't take you 3 years to manage to post a reply on it ha ha What browser do you use (I know you say it shouldn't matter and you are right it shouldn't). I'll try to look into it for you if you can let me know. I must admit I never have any problems and I use a couple of browsers depending on what I am using to access the site. On my desktop I tend to use Chrome but I do use firefox too. I think my mobile and tablet use Chrome too....but maybe they don't I will check lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused52 Posted June 3, 2018 Report Share Posted June 3, 2018 Many hosting companies seem to be trying to persuade users not to use even the latest version of Internet Explorer. The WG site often freezes in the middle of edits using IE and is now virtually unusable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 4, 2018 Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 only time i used internet explorer was to download firefox. the WG website is another problem area using firefox though. if you use adblocker on it it comes up with a message politely asking you to turn it off. if i do turn the adblocker off then clicking on a page makes it hit and miss on how long it will take to load. once loaded then ads that have video content tend to blare out at full volume and appear halfway through the article. clicking the back button is also a waste of time as the running ads seem to cause the page to load multiple times in the background and so i find it quicker to reload the home page rather than clicking the back button. still not come across the deleting problem on here, but has occasionally happened on faceache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Still can't edit anything once I've summitted a post. Clicking edit used to insert the original post into the edit frame but I get nothing. If I copy and paste into the frame, change things then re submit it says the post has been edited but none of the changes show. I think buggering about with the edit is at the root of my disappearing posts as I rarely post anything these days without mistakes Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 posting this and then editing to see if i can duplicate what you have experienced. edited at this point. second edit at this point. well can't seem to duplicate your problem bill this is the third time i have edited this post and not lost a single character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Required <textarea name="comment_value_noscript" rows="15"> Still can&#039;t edit anything once I&#039;ve summitted a post. Clicking edit used to insert the original post into the edit frame but I get nothing. If I copy and paste into the frame, change things then re submit it says the post has been edited but none of the changes show. I think buggering about with the edit is at the root of my disappearing posts as I rarely post anything these days without mistakes &lt;img alt=&quot;:(&quot; data-emoticon=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;15&quot; src=&quot;//content.invisioncic.com/r259902/emoticons/default_icon_sad.gif&quot; srcset=&quot;//content.invisioncic.com/r259902/emoticons/sad@2x.png 2x&quot; title=&quot;:(&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt; Bill &lt;img alt=&quot;:)&quot; data-emoticon=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;15&quot; src=&quot;//content.invisioncic.com/r259902/emoticons/default_icon_smile.gif&quot; srcset=&quot;//content.invisioncic.com/r259902/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x&quot; title=&quot;:)&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;</textarea> <p> Still can't edit anything once I've summitted a post. Clicking edit used to insert the original post into the edit frame but I get nothing. </p> <p> If I copy and paste into the frame, change things then re submit it says the post has been edited but none of the changes show. </p> <p> I think buggering about with the edit is at the root of my disappearing posts as I rarely post anything these days without mistakes <img alt=":(" data-emoticon="" height="15" src="//content.invisioncic.com/r259902/emoticons/default_icon_sad.gif" srcset="//content.invisioncic.com/r259902/emoticons/sad@2x.png 2x" title=":(" width="15" /></p> <p> Bill <img alt=":)" data-emoticon="" height="15" src="//content.invisioncic.com/r259902/emoticons/default_icon_smile.gif" srcset="//content.invisioncic.com/r259902/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" title=":)" width="15" /></p> Enter your text; hold ctrl and right click for more optionsEditor toolbarsrow1 BoldKeyboard shortcut Ctrl+B ItalicKeyboard shortcut Ctrl+I UnderlineKeyboard shortcut Ctrl+U Strikethrough Link Quote Code Emoticon Insert/Remove Bulleted List Insert/Remove Numbered List Align Left Center Align Right Text ColorSizeSize Preview Still can't edit anything once I've summitted a post. Clicking edit used to insert the original post into the edit frame but I get nothing. If I copy and paste into the frame, change things then re submit it says the post has been edited but none of the changes show. I think buggering about with the edit is at the root of my disappearing posts as I rarely post anything these days without mistakes Bill × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoticons maximum are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. <input name="comment_value_upload_noscript[]" type="file" multiple> <span class="ipsType_light ipsType_small"> <strong>Max total size</strong> 0.49MB </span> Drag files here to attach, or choose files... Click to choose filesMax total size 0.49MB Insert other media Uploaded Files Uploaded Images × Desktop Tablet Phone Reason for edit Show that the message has been edited Staff may still be able to see this Save Cancel Quote Edit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Evil Sid 258 Evil Sid 258 Gold Star Member Members 258 5,047 posts LocationWarrington Report post Posted 3 hours ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Well that really messed up. That last one was an attempted copy of what I get when pressing edit although it's displayed it in html or something. The thing is for me there's nowhere to type any corrections just a blank area that is unclickable. No Matter. I'll just have to try and make less mistakes. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 How weird especially re you getting the html/other code displayed too. I've never had anything like that happen. What browser are you using bill and are you using a PC, mobile or tablet not that I can see why that would make a difference. Just a thought though....when you are writing your post or editing it have you perhaps clicked on the 'source' button top left of the editor window. That would make all the code visible to you as you type in the box...obviously when you hit 'submit reply' the code is no longer visible to the reader though. PS I have just posted that and now I'm editing it too but it still works fine for me regardless of whether I press the 'source' button or not. PPS Editing again.....with (source pressed again and not coming out of that mode) PPPS Tried all sorts since the above and every time edit works fine for me...you have me beaten Bill lol. Tues 20th June Edit...I see the word 'Required' (in RED) at the top of the edit box..this only shows when you are in 'edit post' mode after clicking EDIT on an existing post. So what will happen when I press 'save' I wonder. Tues 20th Editing again....it worked fine...and I've just corrected all my typos in the above sentence too oops lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 scratching my head as well dizz. may try using different browsers. well that was odd. just went to preview mode and tried typing stuff in at random. for some reason one key i pressed took me back to the unread contents page ( page i started on). when i came back to this thread it restored the reply i was messing with will try that again and see what key i pressed. done it again. in preview mode pressing backspace send you back to the previous page you were looking at. preview mode will also let you highlight text but not add or remove text. coming back to the thread you were posting on will not show the text you had typed in until you click in the reply box. your previously typed text will then be restored. this bit entered via the code button which gives you the message hold shift and right click. wonder if that is the reason? the quote symbol " is next to the code symbol <> is it possible that you may be using the code symbol when editing instead of the quote one? EDIT 7th June 07:10 am just noticed that there is a little red REQUIRED at the top of this just above the options panel. still lets me add and delete text and does not seem to be losing any, can even highlight and change colour. Edit 7th June 07:21 just thought I would try using IE still seems to work. edit yet again, this time using google chrome and still not a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 Dizzy No I don't see any html stuff when I click edit it's just that I cant actually edit anything because the edit box is blank. I'm not clicking on anything other than edit. Something that may be a clue is the word "REQUIRED" in red near the top of the page? It doesn't say what's required and I don't ever remember seeing that when things were working correctly. I'm just using Internet Explorer btw which seems perfectly fine for all the other forums I use. Don't worry about this though I'll just work around it and at least by not using edit I wont loose anymore posts. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 well bill you have me baffled if you look at my previous post i have edited it three times today using three different browsers and not had any problem with losing text. (scratches head,shrugs shoulders and admits defeat for now.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Great to see you Bill Hope your problems can be resolved. I have three different browsers, IE, Firefox and Chrome, all work fine and editing stuff is straight forward so I don't knpw why any of you are having problems? But I am sure Dizzy will resolve them for you - Dizzy there is a forum upgrade challenge for you which may help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Hi Garry Well I'm baby sitting in Liverpool today using a completely different PC but still cant edit anything. Nobody seems picked up on the word "REQUIRED" that I see shown in red. I'm sure that never used to be there???? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Using Microsoft edge here btw I'll try using chrome when I get back tonight. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 On yet another PC this time using Chrome but exactly the same. Still get the red text saying required and a blank edit box. Bill test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 On my laptop now running Chrome and yet again can't edit. Still getting the red "REQUIRED" That's four different PCs with different browsers so I'm starting to wonder if there's something within the forum settings that's blocking me from using edit ?? Bill Edited no problem using firefox, sid. (i see the required in red above the post being edited. you do not get that with a new post) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 are you using edit for every post bill? if you use reply to post then you should not get the red required at the top that only appears using the edit option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 (edited) was trying to upload a screen shot but have run out of room on attachments for this site. now have to try and figure out how to remove attachments so that i can upload the screen shot. is this what you are seeing when you try to post bill? a bit convoluted but had to upload to photobucket, after confirming email with them. Edited June 8, 2018 by Evil Sid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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