Why aren't drafts saving?

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  micah6824 · Member · Apr 7, 2013 at 4:56 am

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  I’m having serious issues with drafts not saving. The biggest issue is that I’ll have a saved draft or a previously published page. I spend a lot of time editing that page or post, saving all along the way. Then, out of the blue, after a certain number of edits, whole sections of the page or post will disappear the next time I save the draft or update the page.

  I’ve cleared cache files, that hasn’t helped. I’ve also noticed that I can’t copy and paste from Word or the Internet into any posts. It won’t save the draft at all, unless I directly type in the text (pasting to a plain text editor first to clear formatting hasn’t helped).

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  timethief · Member · Apr 7, 2013 at 4:56 pm

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  Do not log-in on the front page of WordPress.com. Do not create posts here > http://wordpress.com/#!/post/

  Instead I recommend you ONLY log-in directly you your own blog and ONLY create posts and edit them here > Dashboard > Posts > Add New

  If you are not running one of the browsers and versions listed at http://browsehappy.com/ please try upgrading or switching first.

  Note: If you are using an IE9 browser in compatibility mode that makes it render as IE7 and IE7 is not supported. To disable see > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1196-internet-explorer-compatibility-view-turn-off.html

  If you are, please do these four things:

  1. Try clearing your browser’s cache http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=32050

  2. Make sure that you have third-party cookies enabled http://en.support.wordpress.com/third-party-cookies/

  3. Try with all browser extensions or add-ons temporarily disabled.

  4. Try enabling HTTPS: http://en.support.wordpress.com/https/

  If you are not successful let us know exactly which browser (and version of it) you’re using and post any error reports you get.

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  micah6824 · Member · Apr 7, 2013 at 7:22 pm

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  Thanks timethief!

  After additional forum searching, it occurred to me that Safari might be my culprit.

  I’m actually running OSX 10.5.8 and cannot upgrade any browsers (Safari, Chrome or Firefox) until I upgrade my operating system to at least OSX 10.6. I’ll try doing that and upgrading my browsers and see if that helps.

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Apr 7, 2013 at 8:30 pm

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  Okay. Do let us know how you make out.