Lost content.

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  whyhownext · Member · May 1, 2014 at 3:36 pm

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  I have just written about 1000 words for my first blog. When I pressed ‘preview’ it asked if I was sure. When I said no it returned me back to a blank page. Autosave seems only to have saved one line of content.

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  timethief · Member · May 1, 2014 at 3:39 pm

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  Oh no! That sounds like very bad news.
  If the post was created on the dashboard of your own blog at Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New then you ought to be able to recover a lost post or page from revisions if needs be.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-revisions/
  See also if applicable > restoring from trash http://en.support.wordpress.com/trash/#restoring-from-trash

  (If you are referring to a Page then see here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/page-revisions/)

  I recommend:
  Always create your posts on the dashboard of your own blog at
  Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New
  Always allow pages to fully load before clicking any other links.
  Never create a lengthy draft without frequently saving it.
  Use an offline blog editor so you have backups on your own computer http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/

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  whyhownext · Member · May 1, 2014 at 3:54 pm

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  The only two revisions were the initial Title and the first line. The auto saver doesn’t seem to have picked up anything in the last two hours.
  I can’t find the trash folder.

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  timethief · Member · May 1, 2014 at 3:57 pm

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  Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > (Trash) http://whyhownext.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=trash&post_type=post

  If you cannot locate it in Trash and recover it then I’m sorry to say it’s gone forever.

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  whyhownext · Member · May 1, 2014 at 4:01 pm

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  No, it’s not in trash. How do I set the Auto saver to save more regularly?

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  whyhownext · Member · May 1, 2014 at 4:02 pm

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  Maybe the Universe is saying it needs to be edited……………?

  Thanks for your help.

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  timethief · Member · May 1, 2014 at 4:05 pm

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  I’m so sorry this happened to you. The autosave function does not always work well when you create posts here > http://wordpress.com/#!/post/ That’s why I never create posts there at all. I recommend:
  Always create your posts on the dashboard of your own blog at
  Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New
  http://whyhownext.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php

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  whyhownext · Member · May 1, 2014 at 4:36 pm

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  I was on the dashboard, never mind. Maybe in future I will use a word doc and paste and edit in the dashboard when all content is finalized.