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Previous posts always appear in editor
I’m curious about something regarding posting here on this forum.
Whenever I come to the forum and decide to create a post, I find the last post I made here will appear in the posting dialog editor.
It will have the same subject and content as my last post here. Doesn’t seem to matter how much time has passed I made that post.
I must not be understanding some of the mechanics the editor uses but am I doing something to cause this or is it normal behavior to first have to clear the last posted content from the editor before beginning a new post?
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You might want to clear the cache in your browser and all the cookies for the COW. I don’t see that behavior. I do see this if I start a post and don’t finish it and close my browser. When I reopen the browser the original text is still there even if I change computers so it must be saved on the COW’s hosting servers. That’s why I recommend cleaning out any cookies. This is probably how they are tracking this data. But I do not get this behavior for new posts like you are.
~jr
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[John Rofrano] “John Rofrano Re: Previous posts always appear in editor
by John Rofrano on Jan 2, 2011 at 3:30:12 pmYou might want to clear the cache in your browser and all the cookies for the COW. I don’t see that behavior. I do see this if I start a post and don’t finish it and close my browser. When I reopen the browser the original text is still there even if I change computers so it must be saved on the COW’s hosting servers. That’s why I recommend cleaning out any cookies. This is probably how they are tracking this data. But I do not get this behavior for new posts like you are.”
Those cookies must have been it, clearing them stopped the behavior, thanks.
I think I have quite a few times either began a post here, then got side tracked before posting, inadvertantly navigated away and later closed out the browser, or just changed my mind and closed the poster assuming it would kill the draft…
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[Harry Putnam] “I think I have quite a few times either began a post here, then got side tracked before posting, inadvertantly navigated away and later closed out the browser, or just changed my mind and closed the poster assuming it would kill the draft…”
That would do it. It’s the function of the “Save Now” button in the middle that you can press manually or it will automatically press itself after a timed interval.
~jr
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