5,583,278
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....
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Jennifer Mackay
Panama City, FL
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Ryan Huggins - Thousan...
Thousand Oaks, CA
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Brenda Mayette
Glenville, NY
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Dave Halpern
Louisville, KY
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
2,178,703
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.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
1,844,301
Your post is gone, not your blog.
You can always try the back arrow in your browser & sometimes it will be miraculously there.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
5,104,931
Sorry to say, but this happens. Fortunately, no often. I suggest if you are composing in AR, save throughout the process.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Brenda Mayette
Glenville, NY
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
2,182,552
Very frustrating !
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
1,052,321
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!
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Brenda Mayette
Glenville, NY
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
2,684,109
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.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Brenda Mayette
Glenville, NY
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
San Jose, CA
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
399,703
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
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
3,383,334
S*** happens. Always best to compose your posts in a format that you can copy and paste them from and into AR.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
763,883
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.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
5,772,575
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
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
679,404
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
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
3,126,213
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!
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
188,840
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
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
5,217,392
Have been a victim, thankfully not often!
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
1,196,798
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
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
7,836,442
Always save you blog before posting it.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
3,345,221
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.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
805,939
That exact same thing happened to me about a week ago. I even hit save more than once and it was all gone.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
4,572,595
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.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
2,707,721
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!
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
5,230,159
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.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
74,540
I agree with you Kathy... It's frustrating trying to post a blog here and it would be nice if they could improve that.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
6,393,609
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.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
86,514
Rookie Mistake. NEVER compose your blog on-line. Do it off-line in "Word" or whatever you use. THEN upload it.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
911,448
That's happened to me at least 10 times. So annoying.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
4,434,127
It happens
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
4,319,419
Kathy Smiley - you can smile if you have saved it as a draft!
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
1,543,983
Always draft in Word or Publisher and paste to AR. Never ever use AR as your original.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
2,071,025
Kathy, before you finish your post - save it and preview.
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
1,503,028
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.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
716,049
It's called.... the black hole. That's where you will find it.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
851,242
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....
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
4,883,260
I wish we knew.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
259,317
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!
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
547,327
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.
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
900,278
helps to compose it elsewhere first
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Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
Sunny Isles Beach, FL
4,800,082
1,390,113
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.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
3,071,489
1,598,452
1,045,440
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
5,868,689
989,652
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