Who Ate My Article?

This is not the article that I wrote to publish here.

That one disappeared into the Internet Void after it had been written, never to be seen again. And I have been given a reminder of a useful strategy to prevent it happening again.

So what happened?

I had a great idea for an article, and typed it up in the form for writing articles here at APSense. It had been edited and formatted and I clicked the Submit It button.

Nothing. Just a pause and then the dreaded message that my browser could not open the page.

Refreshing and using the Back button produced nothing but a blank Write an Article form!

There was no sign of it being published, so it was back to where I started.

But next time, write it up in Notebook first and then copy and paste into the form. Then format it before Submitting it.

Valuable lesson learned.

Maybe the article will be rewritten some time later.

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Philippe Moisan   Video Champions, APSense Mentor I have a better suggestion for you Nev : write it here, then CTRL-A and CTRL-C, then paste in notepad, or in Word if you have some formatting. Then you submit. :) Jan 14th 2011 01:42

Tony Denson   Local Market Consultant This is a lesson we all learn by hard experience. So much can go wrong when we send our words of contribution into the ether to be published. I go with Neville's action instead of Philippe. While in writing mode, sometimes my many research windows for the evolving article makes Firefox lock up. So I have to restart Firefox and also the article. Time for a new Rev Page on the free software faster that Word Jan 14th 2011 02:43

Neville Dinning   Grey Nomad Working Online Tony, the trouble is some of us have to learn the lesson many times before it takes hold. I think I'll stick with drafting in notepad and then Copy and Paste into the APSense form for submitting after formatting. Can't wait for the RevPage Tony. Jan 14th 2011 03:34

Philippe Moisan   Video Champions, APSense Mentor Ok, ok, by all means, use Open Office, it's free, and it allows you to use formatting as well a Word, but don't forget to edit the article to replace the ? with ' after submitting. :) Jan 14th 2011 05:45

Jeannette Noding    Excellent points to remember. Thanks for sharing with us. Jan 14th 2011 06:50

Karl Rowe  Netateer Well said Neville.. Notebook is one of the things I keep open all the time.. I am continually copying and pasting to and from notebook.. I generally use a new file for each Day.. Jan 14th 2011 07:27

Paula van Dun   TE Owner & Graphic Designer LOL It happend for me for real when i was young and ad school. I got bach my essay which was rated 10 by the teacher. This is seldom since the highest rate possible. LOL I went to search my mother, eager to show it to her. By the time I got back pur puppy dog ate it. I write larger articles in gold old frontpage, than copy and paste. @andriy reported for spam Jan 14th 2011 07:54

Toshiba Burton   Social Media Consultant This info is helpful so that may be others will do things differently when posting articles thanks for sharing Jan 14th 2011 08:09

Selya Rollins   Creative Imagery You are right Neville, I had to learn this lesson the hard way. Jan 14th 2011 08:18

Nnamdi Agha   Internet Marketer I have faced this before. It is not pleasant and I have lost some valuable thought in the past. We should not let this happen to us again. Jan 14th 2011 08:28

Cheryl Baumgartner  Independent Associate with LegalShield If you posted it yesterday the update may have eaten it. I was online when the update happened and until it was completed the error messages were fast and furious. However I learned a long time ago the hard way to do all my stuff on Word etc and then paste it her. Yes I do have to go back and edit it after posting but that is a small price to pay to avoid losing an entire article! Jan 14th 2011 08:44

Charles Aki   Marketing and Internet Consultant There's a lot of mysteries about the internet that I am yet to figure out. It's definitely a good idea to back up everything! Jan 14th 2011 10:08

Mani J.   I broke down... Well said got some good information Jan 14th 2011 11:38

Rosyel S.   T.A.E. Owner, Affiliate Marketer Thank you for sharing this, Neville. I'll be ready next time around and make sure I back it up before pressing the submit button. LOL! Jan 14th 2011 16:48

Ryan Jamaq    thanks for post your information. Jan 14th 2011 22:08

Kamani Perera   CEO - ZEST Girls I think you must write your article in a text editor and then save it first. Then you can paste it in the desired web site. Jan 14th 2011 22:25

Pete Balasch Jr.   Internet Marketer Wow I thought I was the only one that learns the Hard Way Jan 14th 2011 23:38

Kathleen I.   BUILD YOUR DOWNLINE I did this for my best from the heart article yet, lol it is hard to recapture the moment, lol Lazurus is a lifesaver for this problem, but I had not downloaded on my new pc yet, thanks for the reminder, going to do it now, ,,, Jan 16th 2011 09:25

Tony Denson   Local Market Consultant Neville I posted my Rev Page as promised it is on Note Tab from Fookes Software a Swiss company. It is a super feature rich text editor that is free to download Jan 16th 2011 09:44

Robert Bridge   Hiya Absolutely Neville Notepad great suggestion. Notepad is great because in the settings you can render the text unformatted, therefore copying and pasting has now traces of typeset from home computer which can sometimes change the typing in other browsers and add strange column widths, its just getting into a routine of copying and pasting, thanks Neville. Jan 16th 2011 11:42

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