posts do not publish

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  pictfamily · Member · Sep 12, 2014 at 10:02 am

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  the last couple of times I have tried to publish a new post, nothing has happened. A green line moves across the top of the screen, implying something is going on, but then it does not say that it has published, and the site remains the same.
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  timethief · Member · Sep 12, 2014 at 6:26 pm

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  Please try creating your post in the classic editor at > Dashboard > Posts > Add New http://pictfamily.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php and let us know how that works for you there.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 12, 2014 at 6:27 pm

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  Provided you did not create the post in the new Beep Beep Boop editor where it’s saved only on your browser, and is not auto-saved to server for your blog I can help you with this.

  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:

  1. Always create your posts on the dashboard of your own blog at
     Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New
  2. Immediately after creating a post and entering a title click the save draft link. Thereafter, “click save draft” frequently.
  3. Always allow pages to fully load before clicking any other links.
  4. Never leave a post or page open for content creation or editing and walk away from it, or open another tab in the same blog and work on something else while it is still open. Save it properly and return to edit it later.
  5. Use an offline blog editor so you have backups on your own computer http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/

  If you cannot locate a revision or restore from Trash the content has been lost and cannot be recovered.

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  pictfamily · Member · Sep 12, 2014 at 7:15 pm

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  thanks, it does work from the dashboard, although I do seem to have to start it as a quick draft and then go from there?

  Anyway, glad to have a way of getting it to work. I used to always do as you recommend, in terms of the draft saving etc. but then got sidetracked by the new layout, etc.

  Still, fine now, thanks.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 12, 2014 at 7:18 pm

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  I do seem to have to start it as a quick draft and then go from there?

  That’s shouldn’t be the case and I’ll tag this thread so Staff know what you experience.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 16, 2014 at 10:18 pm

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  It looks like you’re using Firefox 13. Would you please update to the latest release (32), and let us know how it goes?

  http://browsehappy.com/