how to avoid losing long posts
 

I have noticed a few members mentioning that they typed up a long post only to have it "lost" when they clicked to submit

the system automatically times out after a default period when you are logged in but what it sees as "inactive" which can be while typing a lengthy post

the way to avoid losing the post to timeout is to check the "remember me" option when you log in. that doesnt seem to time one out on longer posts.

some members also prefer to keep a word document open when typing a longer post and first draft it there and when satisfied, copy and paste it to your posting box here and submit

hope that helps for those frustrated by those time outs

Also, if you think you are going to be long or if you are typing and it begins to become long...copy/paste into a Word or Notepad document and then copy/paste the completed content back into a Post in NT.

If you get the login prompt and have a post on your screen...

You can do two things:
Open another window and log in THERE. Then return to your post and hit submit. You will have to hit "back" once to get it back on screen. It will go thru then.

Also you can carefully hit "back" twice if you log in at the screen where you were prompted. You have to be careful with this, and not move after logging in. I have retrieved "lost" typed unsubmitted posts this way. But using another window to log back in works better.

The "remember me" function is easiest IMO.

Thank you, Chemar for the suggestion.

I've been there and done that and also learned the hard way too many times to count.

MrsD. I've been lucky only once, but that's way my luck runs anyway. ;)

John