YOU ARE DRAFTED!

[Magicman]

[Old Greenhorn]

OK Jeff, testing what you said t see if I understand it. Testing again.
 OK, Now I am more confused. Before when I saved a draft it did that and then there was a way to view the drafts. Now I don't see a way to view the drafts even after it says it saved the draft. Also I am seeing nothing indicating the draft was auto saved. EVen if it saves it, we need a way to come back and finish the post and that is really where I am confused, but it's no big deal, I am always confused.

 BTW, if you are thinking of adding other features over time, I am hoping that bookmarks is on the list somewhere, I really miss them.

[Jeff]

Go to your profile, look for my drafts.

[thecfarm]

Let's see how this works.

[Old Greenhorn]

Ah HA! Got it now, I can be so dense with this stuff sometimes.

[SwampDonkey]

Hmm, let's see here.

See no draft button by the post window, but see 'My Drafts' in my profile, nothing saved there though.

[aigheadish]

I'm assuming every 30 seconds it overwrites the previous save and isn't hitting the site with multiple lengths/versions of the save? 

Ooh! It just saved and told me it was doing so down below! Neat!

[Jeff]

Hmm, let's see here.

See no draft button by the post window, but see 'My Drafts' in my profile, nothing saved there though.

How about now. I forgot Forester group on permissions.

[Al_Smith]

I get so confused I won't even try it .It's one thing to try and understand how an operating system works let alone an attempt to understand how forum idiosyncracies adds to the confusment .It doesn't help to cuss at it,tried that didn't work .

[Jeff]

What I suggest you use it for, is when you are posting, and then all of the sudden you realize you somehow lost the post, that you simply go to your profile and look under my drafts. If it is there, Yea! If not, start over I guess. 

So this is what I am going to do on this post. I'm just going to take a break to get a cup of coffee and then come back and forget I typed this and hit the home button. I am then, going to say CRAP!  I lost my post. Oh! let ma
E look in my profile and see if it saved it for me.

Ok coffee....


And there it was! SelecSelected edit dtraft, added this line and hit post!  SAVED BY DA DRAFT!!

[SwampDonkey]

Let me test it here, been off to get check-up scans at the hospital this morning.

Works. 

[Texas Ranger]

It is a trying day, so trying again.

By George, I think we got it!

[Jeff]

It is a trying day, so trying again.

By George, I think we got it!

GOOD DON DEAL!

[Magicman]

OK, my question is does it only auto save in Quick Reply?  I just made a reply in the Whatcha Sawin' topic and used the "Reply" option and it did not "save".  I am typing this in the Quick Reply option and it has already saved a couple of  several times. 

[Jeff]

It only saves if you dont post it. I would think it works where you can also see the button. I think it may work in pms. Have not tested.

[thecfarm]

Jeff I was going to send you a PM, but did not see the save draft button.
I see it in reply, but not PM.

[Jeff]

Okay, good to know. Im thinking that really isnt all that useful there.

[Magicman]

My point was that with the Quick Reply, it automatically saves and adds the notification that it saved every 30 seconds (?) or whatever time that you have installed.  If you open the Reply button, it does not "auto save the draft".  The Save Draft button is there but you do not get the notification that it auto saved the draft and the time that it happened.

I am just saying that there is a difference between Quick Reply and Reply.  "Quick Reply" auto saves the Draft and "Reply" does not.

[Magicman]

The above Reply never automatically saved and this one in Quick Reply did.

[Magicman]

I suppose that there is a reason for the blue Reply button and then the Quick Reply down below it. 

[Jeff]

I tried both, and it works the same way for me.

[Magicman]

I just tried both multiple times.  Quick Reply auto saves after about 45 seconds.  The blue Reply does not auto save.

[Ljohnsaw]

So I was just composing a reply in the box that is always below the last reply. I opened another window to get into my gallery. I spent some time there looking. When I jumped over the reply window, it was just blue. Waited but nothing came back. 

So off to my profile/drafts and found it. Was able to complete my post.

Thanks, Jeff!

[Jeff]

All I have is my phone , so I guess I really dont know, but it does seem worthwhile, especially since its a core feature I never knew was there.

[Jeff]

Where you get in trouble is modifications that eventually interfere with core software updates. Been there, done that, still trying to recover from that just this past winter. Some of our latest problems can be attributed to lingering issues related to adjusting to this new platform.