I'm affraid to post.......

[hightime]

If I type a responce to anything there's a good chance the site is too busy and I loose my responce. It doesn't matter if I save, preview or post , I loose it after a long wait. I like you guys, I like this site, but I might not be here much anymore.

Owen

[rjohns94]

Perhaps one of the administrators can help you. I don't think that is a site problem. I havent heard of others having same problem. Hang on and don't go anywhere. The Calvary will come riding in to your rescue soon

[Hobie]

It is not a site problem. I don't know about your connection or ISP but in every case we've had of this it has all traced back to the ISP or the connection.

[rjohns94]

Told you the Calvary would show up soon

[Shasta]

Owen,

One way to prevent losing a long or involved post is to first type it up on your computer's Word program, then open your Leverguns post and simply copy and paste. If the post fails, you don't have to retype the whole thing, just make another attempt using the copy-paste method. This has worked for me in the past.

SHASTA

[Hobie]

Told you the Calvary would show up soon

Sorry it took so long...

[Grizz]

It's your connection. I have fixed that problem before by running "tracert" or "traceroute", depend on your OS, from a command prompt. This will show up any cranky routers on the path to this site.

I have called sysadmins with this info, even had to send them images to prove I know what I'm talking about sometimes. And that's gotten the issue resolved for me. A couple of times.

It can even be your box. Your computers IP device might be wonky. Your router connection might be wonky. Your cable connection or modem might be wonky. All that junk has to work properly to get the bits in and out.

Grizz

[Griff]

What Shasta said. Or, alternately, you can type it up, "hilite" what you typed, hold the <ctrl> key hit "C" to copy your selection into the "clipboard", press submit, and see if it posted... wait an interval, (might vary based on your connection speed). If it does, grand, but if not, hit the refresh button on your browser and that "should" bring you back to the "Post a reply" dialog screen where can put your cursor in the upper left hand corner, hold the <ctrl> key and hit "v" and viola, your text reappears. Hit submit and try, try again.

I'm on a laptop and an "air-card", connection losses are no strranger to me! I often get a screen after I try to respond!

[Washita]

I sometimes use a variation of Shasta's suggestion. If I think I'm gonna have a problem (Imy last PC had a really bad keyboard problem that deleted some messages before I posted, for example), I highlight my message, right click on it, then click "copy." If it gets lost I then just open up another reply window, right click, paste.

[smokenrust]

I was having troubles and I would try to post things, but would lose it all...
Iwas even doing what Washita said, "I highlight my message, right click on it, then click "copy." If it gets lost I then just open up another reply window, right click, paste."
Then one day when I was signing in, I noticed under the password box was a spot to check to keep me always signed in. I checked that box and WALLA!!! I could post and not keep signing in.
Hope that its that simple for you. SnR

[AmBraCol]

As mentioned, you can sign in "permanently" - if you're not using a public/shared computer. The cookies on this site are ONLY used to ensure you don't get your session hijacked. If that doesn't help, then you've got either a computer issue or an ISP issue as already mentioned.

[rjohns94]

Gotta love the Calvary! Hobie, your forgiven. Was like thee Hairy minutes before you arrived. We were about surrounded for sure

[hightime]

Thank you so much. That right click is a good idea. As far as it being my conection, It's only on this site.

Owen

[AmBraCol]

Thank you so much. That right click is a good idea. As far as it being my conection, It's only on this site.

Owen

Owen, do you let the site set a cookie? That makes a difference.

[Dan 444]

Told you the Calvary would show up soon

Sorry it took so long...

Hobie,

You're much more reliable than Jeb Stuart was at Gettysburg....

Dan

[gak]

The cut 'n paste and writing first in Word are good ideas. Easier yet for me is to type myself an email with the text intended, then cut and paste. Not as involved as creating a word doc, etc., not that that has to be that involved but when my antiquated computer is having memory issues, Word is the first thing to lock up! In some instances, I can see email blanking out just as the OP's experiencing with his posting, but hasn't happened to me yet (and his issue of posting text blanking out prior to submitting has on occasion, especially using a "smart phone" which I do a lot).

[rjohns94]

Yea, Jeb was Lolly-Gagging up in Chambersburg and Lee was imprudent to engage as he did without him! Then there was Longstreet who didn't realize how close he came to winning the battle. Lee really was missing his friend and fellow General, Stonewall. Anyway, we have Hobie and AmBraCol and all is right with the world!

[AJMD429]

It is not a site problem. I don't know about your connection or ISP but in every case we've had of this it has all traced back to the ISP or the connection.

Hobie, dunno what all you did a couple years back when I couldn't stay logged on for more than a few seconds, but whatever it was really worked. If I remember right it had something to do with the board's software and I think with Blue Sky ISP not mixing well.

Maybe something related is going on with hightime/Owen...?

[pwl44m]

I was having the same prob. When I clicked submit if the wheel kept turning for more than a few seconds I would get the message "internet explorer cannot display the web page" then when I hit refresh it would go back to post reply window sans the text I had typed.
Now when the wheel turns for more than a couple seconds I click save then return to last topic. Then I click reply and then load (which loads the draft I saved then hit submit and it has never failed to go right through. I know it sounds complicated and U said it didn't matter if U saved the draft but it works for Me. I had intended to make it a thread in case someone needed to use it as I know others have had problems losing drafts. Maybe You are'nt following through on the save and load thing. When U cick post reply U won't see "load" unless U have a draft saved. I found this by accident and have used it several times. I am a pretty slow typer and if I lost one like this one I wouldn't bother to try and repost.
Try it , U might like it.
Perry.

[hightime]

I'm trying. I just lost this one once. I'm trying one more time.

Owen

[smokenrust]

Hightime Owen,
When you sign in, do you check the box that says. - "Log me on automatically each visit" and when you quit looking, do you log off or just hit the X in upper right corner?
After I checked the box for "Log me on automatically each visit" , my problems quit and I do not log off... just use either back button or X in upper right corner quit.
Hope something helps you..

[hightime]

I tried to answer you this morn. , but I couldn't. I do leave myself logged on.

Owen

[AJMD429]

I tried to answer you this morn. , but I couldn't. I do leave myself logged on.

What it was doing to me was logging me OFF even during mid-post, no matter what settings I used.

[Old Ironsights]

I've figgered it out.

Yer from Deeluut. Yoo gotta be wearin swampers or da moose will eat yoor post.