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Oh, that i horrible.  It's happened to me at least three times.  Now all articles go into a Word doc and get uploaded.

Hi Brian!

Yes, lesson learned more than once!! But there is something inspirational about writing in this blog box. Almost lubes the mind...

Hi Sara-

That has happened to me as well and it soooo sucks. Sorry for your loss and another great reason to save : )

Hi Sara, that sucks!  It happened once........so now I always write mine in word then cut and paste over.  

Hi Ana, Kelli!!

If anything, we Rainers are quick learners.... (most of the time!) 

hi sara & brian!

this is great reminder post. i learned early on that if i'm writing a post that takes more than a minute or so to write, copy it before hitting the submit button. i paste it to my text edit program on my mac. whether it's a browser issue or connection issue, copy and pasting is a great failsafe. oh, by the way, i also do this with long emails just in case :)

rudy.sellsius°

If you are not using Firefox 2.0 or later, please upgrade.

If you are, after the crash re-open Firefox.  Click on the history button at the top.  From the list move your mouse over "recently closed tabs".  The one you were working on should be on the list.  Click it and voila, your post should magically appear.

Rita 

I thought I was the only one who this happened to!  I was ready to trade in my computer for another one!  Thanks for the post.  Bob Stewart told me to start in Word, but like all "kids" we don't listen to our own "parents".

I htink it might be one of the more frustrating moments when you lose a document...

I hate that...I want to curl up into the fetal position and start sucking my thumb again when it happens... well maybe not, but it does drive me batty.

In my short time here, its happened to me a couple of times already.  I would love a "save draft" button, but until then I'll write it in evernote and cut and paste.  

Wow!!!!! All these wonderful comments!!! I feel so understood...

Rita, what a great suggestion! I opened up the history and clicked through just now, but it looks as if I have history before the blog and history after. Just no blog! Alas, you've taught me something new! Thank you!!

Bruce, Bob always seems to know, doesn't he? heheh...

Rudy, always a pleasure to see you! This was probably my most important blog.. ;)

David and David, yes, frustrating and fetal position! (Can I just hide under the covers? Maybe if I check a moment later, it'll be there?... Ahh, no luck!)

Hi Andy!

There actually is a "save draft" button, although in two steps. Under "Visibility" at the bottom of your blog post page, blogs can be classified as "draft" instead of "For Real Estate Professionals" or "For Consumers". After selecting "Draft" click" "Post Blog Entry" and it will save it as a draft just for you to see. I usually do this step, before I publish, as a quick way of skipping using Word (in case of browser crash). I skipped on this tonight, to my chagrin...

I'll pass along the idea of a "one stop button" to the programmers... very useful indeed! 

That sooooo sucks!  I hate when that happens.  Recently I have started hitting control C after every paragraph on the whole piece just in case, saved my butt twice already.  

It happens to all of us........internet 101  Save, Save, Save ! Thanks for sharing.

Sara....   Rita beat me to the punchline. I didn't know about the history button. But I have lost zillow once or twice before. And when I would click back onto zillow, it would ask me if I wanted to start fresh or opn up my previous folder of zillow, which would have moy work saved. I have been usuing zillow ever since then, which was January. It's not compatible with every program, but works for the most part.

Sorry that you had to lose your previous work, been there and done it. Especially on my 2nd week in review that I did. That particular one I lost twice. I spent a total of 6 to 7 hours on that until it was actually published.  

                                                                                                             

so funny.  I've done that far too many times.  

Sara  I totally feel your pain.  After losing my third or fourth one about 2 weeks ago, I emailed AR support begging for a "save" feature.  They promptly educated me on the "draft" option which has become my new favorite thing!  I hope you regain your inspiration and post it soon!

 

Sara! 

TOTALLY!!! This must have happened to me 10 times.9at least!) But you said it better than I
...My response looks more like this 

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I have actually gotten into the habit -- of before hitting spell check -- I select all my text and hit Edit -> Copy.  Then if the system barfs ... alll I have to do to start over is hit Edit -> Paste (I don't actually Paste it anywhere it between -- I just leave it in Windows clipboard until I get back to the page I was working on...

I do Edit -> Copy with comments, too.  I've written comments a number of times lately and received this back "You need to enter a comment, to leave a comment."    Hmmm, huh?

 

When then happens, I shut down the browser, start over, and just Edit -> Paste my comment back where I wanted it to go....

Lol... Sounds like me!!!

Yup.... we all learn the hard way... and then fall into that comfort zone until it happens again and you shout OH FOOIE.....

Sara - I know exactly how you feel. It's like, Why bother trying to resurrect it? The inspiration and moment is gone. And you need to get on with the other tasks in your day. I've learned to constantly save my work along the way as a precaution.

If I'm writing anything longer than a couple of paragraphs I use Draft mode. That way I can save along the way and even come back a day or two later to finish. It's probaby one of the more overlooked features on AR.

I've done that several times....it's completely horrible and ruins the moment and inspiration.

whiiine, I hate it when that happens.  :( 

Dan is right, we soon forget and it happens again. 

This must be the human way.  hahaha

I learned that a few months ago..its better to draft it in word first.

Sara..."Been there done that"  this is why many of my AR friends and I write all our posts on word and then copy and paste them to AR.  I can't tell you some of the choice words I used when I started writing posts on AR and then everything disappeared!  Have a great day.

That's just the beginning of the problems.  Angst comes from typing an article and losing it.  It also comes from pulling a selection of comps today and the MLS system won't print.  It also comes from not being able to find a 7 year old home in the tax record when you know the house is there. 

It also comes from needing to run to the Post Office to get these dang bills in the mail box and not being able to tear yourself away from Active Rain.

Welcome to a day of angst.

I write in Eudora because it corrects my spelling and then copy and past to AR.  Except when I forget. 

Lynn, excuse me for jumping in on your comment. But, that is a FABULOUS idea. Thanks

Wow!!! Thank you all for your support! I am in such good company!!!

 

Sara - I hate to admit just how many times I lost those posts that had MANY hours into them.....UGH!!!  BUT, I did learn, the HARD way for sure, just how much Word really is my friend.  We've gotten to be really good friends since those hard lessons I learned......I hope to never have that happen again!

Ann

I don't think a Draft or Save As Draft button is the answer - I want it to automatically save, so that I don't have to think about it.

LOL Sara!  This happened to me twice over the weekend...ode to the pros & cons of technology.  Where is my typewriter anyways?

Technology is great...when it works.  Unfortunately, too often "technical difficulties" crop up and ruin your day.

A good suggestion is to write your piece in Microsoft Word or another program and then copy it into AR.  That way if you get blown out again you will have your tremendous words of wisdom on your hard drive so that you will always be able to share them.

  
  



  
 

 

All of us did that, live and learn.

And this is when you hate technology....

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Sara... OMG  that just happened to me.  So glad that I am not alone :)  Thank you for making me smile at this.

Lori

Sara,

I know that I'm a little late 'to the party' in answering this, but I share your frustration and pain!  This has happened to me on numerous occasions and, like yourself, I know that I SHOULD write in Word and then copy and paste it to the blog.  How soon and easily we forget!

BTW it just happened to me with a recent post this evening.  Luckily, it didn't close (just froze!), and I quickly opened a Word Document and re-wrote every word (kept going back to the non-responsiver post and made note of what was written) sentence by sentence until the blog was 'transferred' to Word.  I was then able to copy and paste the new document to a new post.  What a pain in the patootie!

VAL

That's funny! Sounds like something that would happen to me.