Why did my blog post not auto save?
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My blog post disappeared while I was in the middle of writing it and didn’t auto save. I’m using Google Chrome on WIndows 7. It happened when I tried to add a link to some of the text. I noticed that as I was typing, the “save as draft” button kept showing that it was trying to auto save, like it was having trouble connecting to the server. I don’t know if that has anything to do with it, but maybe. The post was well thought out, and it’s very frustrating to have it disappear like that.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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If and only 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-trashBut if the post was created here http://wordpress.com/#!/post/ there is no means of recovery as the auto-save is not functioning there.
Always create your posts on the dashboard of your own blog at
Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New
The auto-save works there and the post will be Standard post format unless you change it.Do not create posts here > http://wordpress.com/#!/post/ where the auto-save is not working and where you are creating an Aside post format.
Use an offline blog editor so you have backups on your own computer http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/
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I don’t really need help from the community. I just want the people at WordPress to know that this happens.
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Ah, thanks for the quick response, timethief. That’s good to know. So basically, WordPress’s features don’t all work right. How annoying.
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Yes it’s annoying and it’s a long standing issue that both Staff and the developers are well aware of. I never ever create a post here http://wordpress.com/#!/post/
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