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text NOT going missing after failed post attempt
arjit:
I only joined for this one main thing ,it really gets me angry when it happens to me .
WHY after you have spent 20 mins putting a post together for some forum
,and it is rejected for some simple reason (can be something simple like an attachment is over the size set by forum operator. ) Does a window pop up
saying the usual "post has failed stuff" with a link to go back .so you click it like you would do and THATS IT!! your returned to a BLANK TEXT ENTRY BOX . ALLL YOUR TYPING IS GONE no way to get it back GRRRRRRRR .
So how about a feature that KEEPS all your hard work and typing after a failed post attempt . PLEASE PLEASE sort it out .
Please don't reply saying that you can already do that if you are an expert and follow
some special steps .IT SUPPOSED to be intuitive and user friendly to non expert users .
BurkeKnight:
That's why I always copy the text before submitting. That way, if this happens, I can paste it and try it again.
Arantor:
What browser are you using?
Also, what 'post has failed' message? I can't remember the last time I actually saw a failed posting that wasn't a soft warning (where it would reappear just before all my actual posting)
arjit:
Yes that's what I usually do as well after I had learned my lesson a few times.But sometimes
you just happen to forget to copy and click the submit button first,then you realize instantly that if it doesn't go through you lost everything .:( .That's usually when Murphy's law strikes and this will be the time your post gets rejected .
It really wants fixing this does . I am using IE 8
Arantor:
Well, different browsers actually handle this properly anyway.
But here's the thing, I post on lots of forums, and I know SMF's code very very well. There are only two circumstances that should provide a fatal error of the kind you're seeing, in the base package. One of those is related to over-sized attachments, the other is related to pressing the save button twice.
Please, again, tell me the actual error you're seeing.
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