Restore browser backed-up page

  • Unknown's avatar
    lifeafterfi · Member ·

    Hi,

    I am working on a blog page which is in draft mode as of now. I made some additions on that page today, few hours back, but forgot to press ‘Save draft ‘ button. Just now, when I checked out that draft, it does not have the modifications that I made today.

    I used the beep beep bop editor, but it shows me a notification saying, ‘A more recent backup of this page is saved in your browser.’ Nothing is happening on clicking on the restore button. I am using chrome browser on my chromebook.

    Please help me in recovering this page.

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    timethief · Member ·

    Nothing is happening on clicking on the restore button.

    That does not sound promising and what I post will explain why I say that.

    The classic editor retains 25 auto-saved post revisions but the new Beep Beep Boop editor does not. The post revision management system is not built into the new Beep Beep Boop editor, so saving the draft saves only the most recent version, but not previous versions.

    In the new Beep Beep Boop editor the most recent version is saved only on your browser, and is not auto-saved to the servers for your blog unless you click the save link once.

    Please go to https://wordpress.com/post with the same browser and see if it offers to restore a post. If a restore button appears, that means a local copy was saved in your browser and you may be able to recover it.

    If you are using the new Beep Beep Boop editor please read:

    Features that won’t be included in the new editor
    Post Revisions
    Copy a Post
    Link back to wp-admin
    From https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/please-reinstate-the-option-of-choice-to-use-the-old-publishing-format
    /page/32?replies=942#post-2338964

    If the post was created on the dashboard of your own blog at Dashboard > Pages > 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

    To locate draft POSTS Dashboard > Posts > All Post > Drafts
    http://lifeafterfi.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=post

    To locate draft PAGES Dashboard > Pages> All Pages > Drafts
    http://lifeafterfi.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=page

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

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

    I recommend:

    1. Always create your posts on the dashboard of your own blog at
    Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New
    If you have cookies enabled on your browser your preference will be saved unless or until your clear your cookies, and it will take you to the classic editor automatically every time you create a new post via the drop-down menu in the black admin bar or edit a post via the edit button on the blog itself.

    You cannot deactivate the new Beep Beep Boop editor but you do not have to use it. For locating the ways and means of accessing the legacy or classic pages for creating posts, editing posts, and viewing stats see here > Navigating the Classic WordPress.COM interface http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2015/04/05/navigating-the-classic-wordpress-com-interface/

    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/

  • Unknown's avatar
    lifeafterfi · Member ·

    It is showing option to restore but is not restoring. How can i restore from the browser?

  • Unknown's avatar
    jeremeylduvall · Member ·

    Hi @lifeafterfi,

    It is showing option to restore but is not restoring. How can i restore from the browser?

    When you press the restore button, it should replace the contents of your post with the most up-to-date version. Then, the restore button should disappear. Is this not happening on your side? Can you confirm you have cookies enabled? You can check at the following site:

    https://www.whatismybrowser.com/

    Also, just to clarify this bit:

    The classic editor retains 25 auto-saved post revisions but the new Beep Beep Boop editor does not. The post revision management system is not built into the new Beep Beep Boop editor, so saving the draft saves only the most recent version, but not previous versions.

    In the new Beep Beep Boop editor the most recent version is saved only on your browser, and is not auto-saved to the servers for your blog unless you click the save link once.

    When you press the “Save Draft” button on the new editor, it does save the draft to the revision history. The main difference is that the new editor autosaves within browser storage. So, autosaves in the new editor are not committed to the revision history whereas autosaves in the classic editor are committed to the revision history. Both editors save to the revisions when you press the Save button.

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