The Sigil
Mr. 3000 (Words per post)
I just discovered a method for "recovering" long posts that get "eaten" by the board because they take too long to type.
You know, when you were logged in and you saw something that annoyed you and so you clicked "reply" and you've just spent an hour crafting the perfect reply....
And when you hit "Submit," the board tells you that you aren't logged in (due to the blasted "timing out" after 15 minutes or whatever - and YES, I have cookies enabled).
The post is gone for good, right? After all, if you enter your login information, the board tells you that you followed an invalid thread - and hitting the "back" key takes you to a page that tells you the form has expired and if you hit "Refresh" you get the login screen again.
It's not gone for good. Here's how to get it back.
When you get the "oops, you're not logged in" message, go ahead and enter your login information and submit it.
You'll get a new page that says, "Thank you for logging in."
Then you get the error page - "you followed an invalid link blah blah blah."
Press the "back" key on your browser thrice - once to get you to the "Thank you" page, a second time to get you to the "enter your login info" page, and a third time to return you to your "form has expired, hit Refresh to re-send the data" screen (hint: it's the WHITE screen). If you're not fast enough on the "Thank you" page, you'll get re-directed to the "invalid link" page - just keep hitting the back button until you get the white screen. And if you overshoot the white screen, just hit the "forward" button on your browser until you get there.
Press "Refresh."
Voila! The post you thought was lost is now added to the relevant thread.
Just thought I'd post this as a Public Service Announcement, since I just stumbled upon it myself.
Which reminds me... and I know it's been asked before... is there ANY way to make the login stay active until I close my browser window (instead of 15 minutes) so I don't keep getting this problem???
--The Sigil
You know, when you were logged in and you saw something that annoyed you and so you clicked "reply" and you've just spent an hour crafting the perfect reply....
And when you hit "Submit," the board tells you that you aren't logged in (due to the blasted "timing out" after 15 minutes or whatever - and YES, I have cookies enabled).
The post is gone for good, right? After all, if you enter your login information, the board tells you that you followed an invalid thread - and hitting the "back" key takes you to a page that tells you the form has expired and if you hit "Refresh" you get the login screen again.
It's not gone for good. Here's how to get it back.
When you get the "oops, you're not logged in" message, go ahead and enter your login information and submit it.
You'll get a new page that says, "Thank you for logging in."
Then you get the error page - "you followed an invalid link blah blah blah."
Press the "back" key on your browser thrice - once to get you to the "Thank you" page, a second time to get you to the "enter your login info" page, and a third time to return you to your "form has expired, hit Refresh to re-send the data" screen (hint: it's the WHITE screen). If you're not fast enough on the "Thank you" page, you'll get re-directed to the "invalid link" page - just keep hitting the back button until you get the white screen. And if you overshoot the white screen, just hit the "forward" button on your browser until you get there.
Press "Refresh."
Voila! The post you thought was lost is now added to the relevant thread.
Just thought I'd post this as a Public Service Announcement, since I just stumbled upon it myself.
Which reminds me... and I know it's been asked before... is there ANY way to make the login stay active until I close my browser window (instead of 15 minutes) so I don't keep getting this problem???
--The Sigil
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