Why does this happen? I try to send a private message to another member and I get a message that says that person is not a known menber when in fact we've been sending messages back and forth all week. But that's not the bad part . When I go back to my private message it's competely blank. My entire message has been erased. Gone! I type with one finger, very slowly and it makes me very mad that I have to re-type the whole message over again.
Also, if I forget to fill in the subject line, I get a message telling we cannot proceed because I did not "fill in all the required fields" and when I go back to fill in all the "required fields", again my entire message is gone [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif[/img].
So what gives? We only get one chance to get it right? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bleh.gif[/img] Can't you guy's be a little more forgiving. The other day I had to re-type the same PM 4 times before I got it right. It would have been quicker to send a telegram or take a typing class. How about some help Jason?
All that is a function of your web browser. I use Mozilla which lets you go back and forth on forms without losing what you typed in. Other browsers may not allow that.
I'm pretty much in the same boat. But I have one advantage. I've been involved with computers for almost 50 years, and one thing I learned long, long ago is:
backup
backup
BACK UP! your work so you don't lose it and have to do it over again.
Any time you're looking at more than a few words of typing you've aganized and slaved over, always copy and paste it into a NotePad or Word or other word processing document BEFORE you mash any buttons that will go to a different screen. Then if you need it later, it's there waiting for you. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smokin.gif[/img]
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BACK UP! your work so you don't lose it and have to do it over again.
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The voice of experience has spoken! Again Smokey, you are absolutely correct. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif[/img] You such a smart man [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img].
Yep. I learned that the hard way several years ago while writing a long ebay ad in HTML. After about an hour of typing ebay went down and WHAM, I lost it all. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/vomit.gif[/img]
I now copy and paste to Word every few paragraphs just to be on the safe side.
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Better yet, I find it usefull to compose all lengthy posts and PM's in Word, and then just cut and paste to post. You can run a spell check on it that way first. Worse case though, always highlight and right click to copy before clicking submit.
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