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Kathy Smiley, "Real Estate results that make YOU smile!" (Rodeo Realty ~ Fine Estates Westlake Village)

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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
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Kathy Smiley I NEVER write directly on the blog.... I write on microsoft word and then copy and paste it on the blog.... then, if it disappears, you can  just paste it again....

Aug 02, 2018 03:33 PM
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Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA

Sorry, Kathy.  I bet you weren't very "Smiley" when that happened.  Apparently this happens once in a while. It happened to me yesterday for the first time ever, even though I saved during composition.  I used a bad word (THE bad word) more than once.  My second draft wasn't nearly as good as the original. 

Aug 02, 2018 03:27 PM
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

Your post is gone, not your blog. 

You can always try the back arrow in your browser & sometimes it will be miraculously there.

Aug 02, 2018 04:22 PM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Sorry to say, but this happens. Fortunately, no often. I suggest if you are composing in AR, save throughout the process.

Aug 02, 2018 03:47 PM
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Michael J. Perry
KW Elite - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster, PA Relo Specialist

Very frustrating !

Aug 02, 2018 03:29 PM
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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
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Girl! You got to keep saving. Save save save! And those that advised that you compose offline and then copy and paste, that's pretty smart too!

Aug 02, 2018 05:15 PM
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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

     Oh, I'm sorry Kathy.  We have all been down that painful road. 

     Suggest:  prepare the post on MS Notepad.  Then paste it.  Then click the HTML link and save that to another MS Notepad page.  

    Then if it goes "poof", you have it saved on Notepad and can try try again.

   * I recommend Notepad, because MS Word and other word processors will add a lot of code in the background.  Notepad does not add code.

Aug 02, 2018 03:41 PM
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PropertyMinder (AccelerAgent)
PropertyMinder, Inc. - San Jose, CA
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That's the worst. I feel your pain. Have you checked your "Drafts" section (there's a possibility it was saved there), Kathy Smiley? - Tim

Aug 02, 2018 04:46 PM
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Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

S*** happens.  Always best to compose your posts in a format that you can copy and paste them from and into AR.  

Aug 02, 2018 04:17 PM
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Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo

Been there done that.  It is best to cut and save prior to posting just in case this happens.  Save it as a draft might help but if there is a problem with Activerain you might still lose it.  Cut and past on to a word program is the best and safest bet.

Aug 02, 2018 04:12 PM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Kathy,

It happened to me a couple of days ago. It was intended to be a short post, so I did not write it on a Word doc..  I had to rewrite the whole thing.  Now I make sure that I write on Word.  A

Aug 02, 2018 03:34 PM
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Diana Dahlberg
1 Month Realty - Pleasant Prairie, WI
Real Estate in Kenosha, WI since 1994 262-308-3563

Been there done that ... I've learned the hard way ... Best advice is to write and save in Word or a similar program so you have it there "as back up" should the AR Monster gobble it up ... or is that the Cyberspace Alien?  Either way ... Never take a chance of having to re-write ... it's never the same a second time around.  IMHO

Aug 02, 2018 05:45 PM
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Boo! It has happened to me too (lesson learned) and it was impossible to go back and write it exactly as it was. Like others have advised, write your post in another format and copy, paste!

Aug 02, 2018 05:37 PM
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Kathy Smiley
Rodeo Realty ~ Fine Estates Westlake Village - Newbury Park, CA
"Real Estate results that make YOU smile!"

Ok, I get it... I should had at least screen shotted my brilliant entertaining amazing post! Alas, lessons learned the hard way are stickier than most.

Thanks Active Rain for your input!

xxoo Kat

 

Aug 02, 2018 05:06 PM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Have been a victim, thankfully not often!

Aug 02, 2018 04:24 PM
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Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

Maybe call AR and see if they can see your post. Or remember the keyboard CNTRL Z which should replace that which you wrote. Or copy the post prior to posting. That way you'll have a copy.

Actually, Barbara Todaro has a good suggestion

 

Aug 02, 2018 04:18 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Always save you blog before posting it.

Aug 02, 2018 03:48 PM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
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Oh No, I am so sorry that happened to you.  We have gremlins in the Rain and sometimes that does happen.  It taught me to copy the post to notepad or word and save it on my hard drive before I publish.  

Aug 02, 2018 05:49 PM
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Steve Higgins
RE/MAX Kelowna - Kelowna, BC

That exact same thing happened to me about a week ago. I even hit save more than once and it was all gone. 

Aug 02, 2018 05:35 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

I haven't written a post this year but I have written in GoogleDrive(or eqyivalent for a long time). It's a shame but stuff happens especially with ActiveRain.  Good luck.

Aug 02, 2018 05:31 PM
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Lisa Von Domek
Lisa Von Domek Team - Dallas, TX
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This happens more lately and it may be that your browser isn't up to date.  I always hit "save" before posting so it's held in Draft...just in case.  And as a backup, I've also been know to "copy all" before I click any button!

Aug 02, 2018 07:00 PM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Write it in Notes (if you have a Mac) or NotePad (on a PC) so that there is no html code within the document when you copy and paste it over to AR. Then you can format it on AR, save and publish it. 

It's SO frustrating to lose what you have spent lots of time writing, Kathy. It's just easier to write it elsewhere and drop it over here. 

 

Aug 02, 2018 08:41 PM
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Ricardo Mello
Manhattan Miami Real Estate - Manhattan, NY
Manhattan & Miami Real Estate Agent

I agree with you Kathy... It's frustrating trying to post a blog here and it would be nice if they could improve that. 

Aug 02, 2018 08:30 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
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Sorry to hear this Kathy, I think we have all had this happen a few times before learning to write it up in Word first.

Aug 02, 2018 08:27 PM
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Mike Kelly,CRS,CIPS
The MJKelly Team - Santa Rosa, CA
"One of Sonoma County's Natural Resources"

Rookie Mistake. NEVER compose your blog on-line. Do it off-line in "Word" or whatever you use. THEN upload it. 

Aug 02, 2018 06:10 PM
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Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

That's happened to me at least 10 times. So annoying.

Aug 02, 2018 05:51 PM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

It happens

Aug 03, 2018 03:08 AM
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Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Kathy Smiley - you can smile if you have saved it as a draft!

Aug 02, 2018 10:23 PM
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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

Always draft in Word or Publisher and paste to AR. Never ever use AR as your original.

Aug 02, 2018 08:51 PM
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
SIB Realty - Sunny Isles Beach, FL

Kathy,  before you finish your post - save it and preview. 

Aug 04, 2018 07:53 PM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

The writer has a lot of gremlins and I've been bit by the same bug before too.  Now I write on my blog first and then copy & paste here.

Aug 03, 2018 09:33 AM
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Richard Bazinet /MBA, CRS, ABR
West USA Realty - Scottsdale, AZ
Phoenix Scottsdale. Sellers, Buyers & Relocations

It's called.... the black hole. That's where you will find it.

🕳

 

Aug 03, 2018 06:13 AM
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Brenda Mayette
Miranda Real Estate Group, Inc. - Glenville, NY
Getting results w/ knowledge & know-how!

You have great answers.  Please rest assured that many out here in AR land share your frustrations re: the blog whether it's being able to post or formatting or the seemingly endless list of other issues.  Seems a bit crazy in this technology rich day and age.... 

Aug 03, 2018 04:46 AM
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

I wish we knew.

Aug 03, 2018 04:24 AM
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Lesley Wilson-VanGoethem
Innovative Realty Solutions Group - Winter Springs, FL
Residential Real Estate Broker Associate

so sorrry to hear... Id cry.. takes me a long time to type a blog.. but thanks to the comments I now know to do it elsewgere and just cut and paste!

Aug 03, 2018 04:08 AM
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Steven Nickens
Hawaii Life Real Estate Brokers - Wailea, HI
R(S)GRI ABR, Maui Real Estate Hawaii

I was posting a blog yesterday and it wasn't loading the pictures so I tried to save it but that didn't work. So I copied it and post it on my website, been there done that, didn't want to lose my work.

Aug 03, 2018 04:02 AM
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Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

helps to compose it elsewhere first

Aug 03, 2018 07:17 PM
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Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

I don't have it.

Aug 03, 2018 06:51 AM
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Wayne Zuhl
Remax First Realty II - Cranford, NJ
The Last Name You'll Ever Need in Real Estate

Oh so frustrating! I've definitely been there, and I echo the advise of others to compose your blogs elsewhere and copy/paste into AR. 

Aug 03, 2018 06:20 AM
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

Barbara Todaro nailed this one!

Aug 03, 2018 05:22 AM
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Valeria Mola
SIB Realty - Miami, Sunny Isles Beach - Sunny Isles Beach, FL
305-607-0709 SIB Realty Condos for Sale and Rent

Great answers are here. Good luck. 

Nov 06, 2018 07:05 AM
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Dave Martin (703) 585-4687
Fairfax Realty - Fairfax, VA
Making Realty Dreams a Reality #WeWillGetYouHome

Did you publish it or just save it? If you only saved it then it is in your DRAFT folder.

Go to your BLOG then look for the button that says  SHOW DRAFT POSTS

you can open it there and then publish it Kathy Smiley 

Aug 09, 2018 07:55 AM
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Sorry to hear Kathy, and have heard that more than once lately.

Aug 05, 2018 01:57 PM
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Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

I always hit the save during my creations - I lost one a while ago.

Not to mention I always have a copy already posted on my website LOL

Aug 03, 2018 04:27 PM