autosave post as it is being composed

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autosave post as it is being composed

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When a user is writing a post, it gets autosaved to the server every few minutes as a draft, and when the post is submitted, the system deletes the draft. Similar to how gmail works when writing an email. :)
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Re: autosave post as it is being composed

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Is there an update to this? I searched through the Knowledge Base and the support forum, and did not find this topic being addressed.
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Re: autosave post as it is being composed

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I too am wondering whether this support will be included in the next PHPBB update?
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Re: autosave post as it is being composed

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That is an amazing idea. *watches thread*
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Re: autosave post as it is being composed

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i've seen this feature on v bulliton forums ,its cool.phpbb should also have this feature
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Re: autosave post as it is being composed

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And the advantage of this should be what? It would cause both more traffic to server (the site) and client (you - and many internet users have a rather tiny upload bandwidth). If anything unwanted happens your internet browser should be smart enough to remember the content of your previously filled fields (only exception: it crashes)...
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Re: autosave post as it is being composed

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akjedi wrote:i've seen this feature on v bulliton forums ,its cool.phpbb should also have this feature
save not as draft, but saves the post, if something crashed
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Re: autosave post as it is being composed

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AmigoJack wrote:And the advantage of this should be what? It would cause both more traffic to server (the site) and client (you - and many internet users have a rather tiny upload bandwidth). If anything unwanted happens your internet browser should be smart enough to remember the content of your previously filled fields (only exception: it crashes)...
Just for example:
You write a long post (a really really long post,put a great deal of though into it) it takes you a long time to finish your post. once your done you hit submit and the board logs you out (session times out). :!: :!: :!:

The odds of that happening are slim ,but still it happens.wouldnt it be better if posts can be saved?Small posts can be ignored,perhaps set a word limit before it starts saving....

Maybe add the enable/disable option via user control panel/acp
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Re: autosave post as it is being composed

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akjedi wrote:once your done you hit submit and the board logs you out (session times out)
AmigoJack wrote:your internet browser should be smart enough to remember the content of your previously filled fields
Let me rephrase my words: if such a thing happens to me I can go back to the previous site and still have all my text (Opera 11.50).
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