Where's my draft?

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  scottmac56 · Member · Apr 16, 2015 at 1:18 am

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  I can’t find a draft I saved earlier in the day. The old dashboard would point me right at it. Now I’m lost. Please help.

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

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  scottmac56 · Member · Apr 16, 2015 at 1:20 am

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  And speaking of that, what happened to the old dashboard? I’m finding this somewhat annoying.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 16, 2015 at 1:47 am

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  Hi there,
  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 the servers for your blog unless you click the save link once, you may be able to recover a lost post or page.

  NOTE: The revision management system from WP-admin is not built into the new editor, so saving the draft saves only the most recent version, but not previous versions.

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

  Features that won’t be included in the new editor
  Post Revisions
  Copy a Post
  Link back to wp-admin
  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://namebrandketchup.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=post

  To locate draft PAGES Dashboard > Pages> All Pages > Drafts
  http://namebrandketchup.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 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. See: 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/