Posting Problem

[pkfirefighter]

Lately, when I type a lengthy post, when I finish and attemt to post the message, it makes me log back in and my message is lost? What is happening?

[Banzoomba]

Originally Posted by pkfirefighter

Lately, when I type a lengthy post, when I finish and attemt to post the message, it makes me log back in and my message is lost? What is happening?

happens to me sometimes too.....I just copy my longer post before hitting submit just in case

[james]

Originally Posted by pkfirefighter

Lately, when I type a lengthy post, when I finish and attemt to post the message, it makes me log back in and my message is lost? What is happening?

this is answered both in the sign-up agreement (where you clicked I understand and agree to blah blah blah) and on the ReadMe announcement on the forum. It's a cookie timeout.

[pkfirefighter]

I like cookies, I think I will go have one now.

[berly46]

This just happened to me twice with my lengthy trip report. I don't think I want to type it again.
Berly46

[denisea]

Originally Posted by berly46

This just happened to me twice with my lengthy trip report. I don't think I want to type it again.
Berly46

Sorry you lost your trip report. In the future you can avoid this from happening completely by following the guidelines outlined in the Announcement: Please Read!!! and reposted below for easy reference.

Save your work

If you are typing a long post, please be wise and copy it to the clipboard (highlight it and hit CTRL-C, on Windows machines). This way, if you have any type of network, script, computer or whatever error, your composition can be saved. Alternatively, you could write your post in a word processor or Notepad, or something, and save it, then just paste it into the posting page. For normal posts, this is not necessary, just when you plan on taking more than about 20 minutes writing.