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jaymailsays

The Red Box doesn’t explain that if you reload the page, you lose the entire content of your post.

Unless you saved your post separately you would have to start all over again to recompose your post.

killian12

jaymailsays
Yes, and it is so annoying! 🤨

sloz

jaymailsays
I’ve not encountered that particular error at all,
what I do get constantly (almost 50% of the time )
Is when I’ve posted a message I get a dark overlay, and I have to reload the page to remove

pw6049

jaymailsays the bane of this forum and the black screen I get as well

claire1uk

jaymailsays

I have had that happen to me on a number of occasions. Frustrating is an understatement, especially if your posting a lengthy reply. If you leave it to long, when you hit the post arrow, it won’t post and you lose all your reply.
😡

neilj51258

jaymailsays yeah it’s really annoying and does your head in when it does it

kevincunno

Hi jaymailsays nice informative post for our members who are having this problem fingers crossed I haven’t had the problem 🤞

davidevans0000

jaymailsays on a pc and get that on a regular basis.

kevincunno

Hi jaymailsays I should have kept my mouth shut the other day I have had the same problem you mentioned a few times today sadly 😞

kimchi

jaymailsays I’m getting that message when trying to access general discussion…

jaymailsays

sloz when I’ve posted a message I get a dark overlay, and I have to reload the page to remove

I occasionally get that as well!

At least in that case, your post has been saved to the Community, so the only downside is having to refresh your browser.

In the red box scenario you have to also do that and remember to save your post, then paste and attempt posting again.

I see @guy_ow is on shift and may have an insight beyond ours.

inspiron42

I have had that message continuously sometimes in the past. The something has gone wrong messages take over the whole screen.

guy_ow

jaymailsays Actually I’m afraid I don’t 🙁

The same thing has happened to me too, which was rather frustrating. Hopefully this is something the flarum update can resolve, otherwise it is going to be one for the platform team to look into a little more.

jaymailsays

guy_ow The same thing has happened to me too,

Perhaps I didn’t explain clearly enough that the red box is not conveying enough information.

The red box content needs to advise the author to save/copy their post prior to reloading or they will lose their post content.

You might remember a previous platform would usually autosave in drafts.

guy_ow

jaymailsays Sorry, should of said myself, completely understand what you mean both with the issue and the red box.

It would still be one for the platform team though I’m afraid as they have the knowledge to know what is causing it in the first instance, and possibly to change the text in the red box (not fully sure on that one though)

jaymailsays

guy_ow
For us regular posters we know how to overcome the red box. Newer members, may find it too awkward to continue and give up.

If the platform team are unaware of the problems how can they fix it?

guy_ow

jaymailsays I’m pretty sure this is something they are aware of, as it isn’t a new issue as such.

I will double check with them though to make sure.

jaymailsays

guy_ow I will double check with them though to make sure.

OK and thanks Guy, cheers for that, have a great rest of the evening.

A simple content update to the redbox, ought not to be that onerous. The redbox itself, will take some intensive efforts over time.

jaymailsays

claire1uk I have had that happen to me on a number of occasions. Frustrating is an understatement,

Yes it can happen a little too often at times. One tip I have found to help if contemplating a long reply, is to refresh the page prior to replying, that gives you a bit more composing time.

I noticed your other post about authoring threads and you should keep trying, don’t feel disheartened if the responses are slow, as it can often be the case a thread can be slow burning. Let your passion for the subject shine through and keep interested in the topic and see it grow.

claire1uk

jaymailsays
Thank you for such a positive response. 😄😄

killian12

claire1uk
Oh that WAS a lovely positive response. Wish there were more posters like that. I, too, saw your post on the other thread (I had posted on it myself). I check out your “funnies” (can’t remember what you call it) thread regularly, though I don’t always comment - sorry. You are appreciated - thank you. 😊

jaymailsays

kevincunno have had the same problem you mentioned a few times today sadly

In which case it wasn’t addressed in the overnight platform update 🤒